Tag Archives: IGC

The time is right for pension price disclosure.

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

Last week I went to the FCA to discuss price disclosure with the Regulator. The time is right for people to understand what they pay to have their pension managed. I am one of the few people who gets information on … Continue reading →

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Equal rights to govern pensions

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Here’s Theresa May talking at PMQ of the triple lock in the past tense. It wasn’t just a female prime minister in that photo, four out of five ministers on the front bench were female. Parliament is making the transition … Continue reading →

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Winning and losing IGCs – class of 2017!

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

With (almost) all the known IGC reports in, it’s time to see how the reports of 2017 stacked up against 2016. Apologies that the links in the table don’t work, my formatting skills are poor and I’ve included the links … Continue reading →

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Telford’s finest – the ReAssure 2017 IGC report

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

What UK Life insurer is based in Telford Shropshire? Answer – ReAssure And if you were in a workplace pension with Guardian, HSBC, Barclays Life, Alico and National Mutual, you are now one of their customers. They are the kind of pensions … Continue reading →

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The BlackRock IGC outsources to KPMG

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

I’ve been waiting to review BlackRock’s IGC chair statements for a couple of weeks but all I could see was a link to a report marked “April 2016”. I carelessly pressed the link this morning to find a report marked April 2017.  … Continue reading →

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Cost disclosure now! No more workplace pension NDAs!

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

Following Julius Pursaill’s excellent piece on value for money yesterday, I’m following up with some practical thoughts. The blog yesterday triggered a meeting with an IGC chair who probed me on the vfm scoring system that has been troubling me … Continue reading →

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Radical thoughts about “value for money” – from Julius Pursaill (aka mystery blogger)

Posted on April 21, 2017 by

  Establishing a consensus on what “value for money” is, is proving too hard for the IGCs and Trustees, we need intervention from a “deus ex machina” (aka the FCA). Once we know the means to measure, I believe the … Continue reading →

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“Vantage is value” – but relative to what? Hargreaves Lansdown’s IGC report

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

I’m pleased that after a really poor first IGC report, the Hargreaves Lansdown IGC have taken producing their 2017 report, more seriously. A smooth operator If there was such a thing as a premium workplace pension, the Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) … Continue reading →

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Can pensions be more playful (please)!

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

  I’ve waded through a number of IGC chair reports this Easter weekend and a smile has seldom  been on my lips. With the exception of the Virgin Money report, I hardly felt I knew who I was talking to. Ironically, … Continue reading →

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Virgin Money IGC report;- now that’s the way to do it!

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

  Last year’s report from Virgin Money was the best I read and this year’s report looks like it might make it a notable double. The Virgin Stakeholder Pension comes under severe scrutiny The report does not pull its punches, … Continue reading →

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