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Just, L&G, Aviva, USS and Hymans write to Reeves explaining how to finance UK growth

Keating and Aubrey told us how gilts could not do the job. Last September Thomas Aubrey and Con Keating highlighted the inanity of the Government’s plan to finance with gilts the growth needed for new towns and growth that is … Continue reading

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You will know the Stagecoach pension deal is a ‘landmark’ from the backlash

But there is already a backlash from those who want to diminish those who have engineered this deal to a cartoon. This post has been liked by the insurance lobby. Aberdeen is taking over the Stagecoach Group Pension Scheme as … Continue reading

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Paul and Calum – pension’s untapped possibilities next Tuesday

As regular readers know, I am a fan of Paul and Calum’s report on the untapped promise of pensions. Calum rather politely asked us to distribute his work With your permission, perhaps you might share the short form version of … Continue reading

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Hymans looks to tap the potential of UK pensions

Here is a consultancy with a powerful message to Government , employers and people planning for their retirement. We have needed a report such as this and now we have one. Thanks to the Hymans team for allowing me to … Continue reading

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Backdrop for 2025 DB valuations.

I am sorry not to have made it! I was pressing away on my iPhone as the Queen Elizabeth train took me up from Slough to Farringdon in London. But it would not obey my instructions. Thankfully, I have the … Continue reading

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Hymans and the horror show of pension tax changes

Hymans Robertson’s very useful slides for employers who have employees with pension taxation problems The link to the download is here. It surprises me that personal pension taxation is still so hard that Hymans need to provide employers with a … Continue reading

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Run on or buy-out – Hymans think outside the box

One of the wonders of the post Covid world has been the rise of the webinar and the sharing of IP by the pension fraternity. No consultant has done more in this space than Hymans Robinson and it is greatly … Continue reading

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The importance and focus of UK DC consultants

The influence of a handful of independent consultants in determining winners and losers in the reshaping of DC workplace pensions cannot be overestimated. The big deals- the consolidation of large single employer sponsored occupational schemes into master trusts are determined … Continue reading

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