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Pensions are a larger part of our wealth (IFS). Pension wealth is higher still under CDC.
I’m not a great fan of the Institute of Fiscal Studies who have found it hard to understand pension as “wealth” . But this report has taken a step in the right direction In this IFS report, pensions hold a … Continue reading
Why the Government must have back-stop control of pension investment
There is a general feeling that UK pension funds should be investing where they want. I agree that they should, but “how they want” is another matter. Right now there is a trend towards investing in American software, notoriously the … Continue reading
Populism in the shape of Richard Tice knocks on the door of public sector pensions.
Mary McDougall and Anna Goss have picked up for the FT on some outspoken statements from Reform on Public Sector Pensions You can read an excellent article free here, or mail me for a link – henry@agewage.com I mentioned in … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Emmerson, Glyn Jenkins, IFS, Mary McDougall, public sector, reform, Richard Tice, UNISON
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Why raising the retirement age hurts the poor most.
There is some research from IFS published last year (I’ll come to it) that says that the triple lock helps the rich and raising the state pension age (to 68 and upwards from there) hurts the poorest most. This is … Continue reading
Paul Todd at the IFS – pension hope for Nest savers
The IFS rehearse old ground The IFS has produced a lot of material and organised a well run seminar to convince us of what we know, that savers are getting older and in need of their savings back in a … Continue reading
Johnson the arsonist calls for fire-breaks
There is an irony in Paul Johnson’s article in the Times which I hope I capture in my tweet But remind me who started the speculation about the cropping of the pension tax-free lump sum and scrapping of IHT privileges … Continue reading
The unintended consequences of pension tax-reform; NB IFS.
Over the weekend I wrote a piece arguing that GPPs are now trapping millions of savers in structures that are largely being abandoned by Government, Regulators, Employers and Pension Providers Ros Altmann, with whom I work to banish the net-pay … Continue reading
What will the IFS pension review – do?
Last week the Institute of Fiscal Studies launched a major project reviewing the UK pension system and the future of financial security in retirement. It will do so not with public money but with money from a trust set up … Continue reading
IFS found touching our unmentionables (hands off our tax-free cash)
“Fiscal purity is admirable – but” Steve Webb, himself once a pensions provocateur at the Institute of Fiscal Studies draws his red lines between his current and former employer! In this article I look at what happens when the sacred … Continue reading
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Tagged holy cow, IFS, Noli me tanger, SteveWebb, unmentionable, untouchable
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An autumn statement for Britain – not the Tories.
Today Jeremy Hunt will stand up and tell us his plan for getting Britain out of the shit, or at least for moving the shit around so that we all get some of the smelly stuff and it doesn’t … Continue reading