I challenge your enthusiasm on three grounds, Henry. First, does the language of yet another new investment paradigm risk exaggerating…
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Tag Archives: IGC
“Say hello- say goodbye” – the Friends Life IGC
Having spent 7 pages introducing itself and setting out its stall, the Friends Life IGC Chair Statement concludes, 7 pages later; It’s a case of say hello say, say goodbye and I’m afraid that the 7 pages which deal with … Continue reading
Wanted for listing – IGC/GAA Chair reports
Pension Plowman’s Directory At this week’s Stewardship meeting of the transparency task force, someone asked if there was a Directory of the IGC’s that have been published so far. There wasn’t until then, but I sent round the links of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbey Life, Black Rock, DWP, FCA, Friends Life, IGC, pension, pensions, Phoenix, Prudential, Royal London, Scottish Widows, Standard Life, workplace Pensions
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Scottish Widows IGC – papering over the cracks
Scottish Widows IGC Chairman’s report is out and if you are a member of a Scottish Widows workplace pension you shouldn’t feel comforted by the words of its Chair Babloo Ramamurthy Although the IGC has carefully scrutinised the various elements of … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, Financial services, Government, IGC, Lloyds Banking Group, pensions, Retirement, Scottish Widows, workplace pension
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Corporate codswallop from Aviva’s IGC
Aviva’s IGC chair’s statement,signed off by Chair Inder Dhingra is very much a corporate effort. It reminds me of a tourist brochure sanctioned by the North Korean Government in which tourists respectfully thank their hosts for the fascinating insight … Continue reading
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Tagged Aviva, Business, Financial services, IGC, Inder dhingra, pension, pensions, Retirement
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Phoenix and its heroic IGC
Not a job for the boys Of all the duff jobs out there, being Chair of the Phoenix IGC must rank high in the pantheon. Phoenix is a shell company that over the years has acquired a number of life … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Chair, Costs and charges, David Hare, governance, IGC, Investment, pensions, Phoneix, Transparency, workplace Pensions
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Standard Life’s IGC’s annual report; deceptively good!
The Standard Life Independent Governance Committee’s Chair, Rene Poisson, published his first annual report yesterday, you can read it here either in summary or in its full 40 pages. Most will read the summary but for those interested in product … Continue reading
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Tagged GARS, governance, IGC, Investment, pension, Rene Poisson, Standard Life
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Legal and General’s IGC – frustrated but getting there!
The Legal & General IGC Annual Statement was published yesterday (21st March) and good it is too. The link to it is here As with Prudential’s statement, it’s tone is measured and severe, this is not a marketing document for … Continue reading
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Tagged IGC, Legal and General, Paul Trickett, pensions
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Sorting the sheep from the goats
On Wednesday March 9th, the Work and Pensions Committee met to discuss auto-enrolment. This blog looks at this conversation in some detail. It concludes that there is an urgent need for Government to clarify what liability there is on an employer … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, financial advice, Government, IGC, journey, master trusts, pensions, Providers, Ros Altmann
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Prudential’s IGC report – good stuff (with crap PR)
Prudential’s Independent Governance Committee has published its Chairman’s report and you can read it here. You cannot find this link on http://www.pru.co.uk nor has there been any notice of its publication to the public via either of Pru’s two … Continue reading
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Tagged charges, IGC, Laurence Churchill, PR, Pru, Prudential, Tone, Value for Money
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