Tag Archives: Income

Tom McPhail’s narrow and tough path to a retirement income

Tom’s excellent session on Tuesday 7th April showed that guided paths to retirement income will be tough and  difficult! It was at a Pension PlayPen coffee morning. Tom’s question session splits into roughly two parts. In the first part we … Continue reading

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Civic minded pensioners don’t come cheap; future generations need pensions (even more than houses)

Stephen Bush’s brilliant article was inspired by him sitting in on trials and discovering magistrates in their seventies, he looks at  the board of the flats he’s a leaseholder of and he finds grandparent pensioners looking after children so that … Continue reading

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A Pensions Mutual for a CDC.

It is good to launch a good news story and I can today. Last Monday, while talking “small pots” we got news from the FCA that the Pensions Mutual had been registered and sealed   What is the Pensions Mutual? … Continue reading

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A Pensions Mutual which will launch a CDC Pension within a year

It is good to launch a good news story and I can today. Last Monday, while talking “small pots” we got news from the FCA that the Pensions Mutual had been registered and sealed   What is the Pensions Mutual? … Continue reading

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2030 and all that ..the income, wealth and pension strategy delivered to time

For those who like this kind of gesturing,  the 2023 report by Torsten Bell’s Resolution Foundation (reporting on how to get Britain out of stagnation) has been marked the Economy 2030 Inquiry 2030 is also a staging date for the … Continue reading

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House owners, enjoy your pension ; renters feed your landlord

Let’s not kid ourselves about the price of our house rising fast enough for us not to have to think about savings, it’s just not like that anymore Yes houses have gone up over the past five years in absolute … Continue reading

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People want lifetime income, let’s make it simple for them.

If you speak to most people about pensions there is only one thing in their mind, an income that takes over when they retire and provides security for the rest of their life. We have made life a lot harder … Continue reading

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Don’t spend it all at once

My Grandma gave me as a 21st birthday present the proceeds of a life insurance policy . It came as a cheque for around £400 in a card with the message “don’t spend it all at once”. I went to … Continue reading

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Will British Steel lessons fuel retirement income review reforms?

Stephen Lowe of Just clearly thinks that the redress project that is going ahead for British Steelworkers ill-advised to leave their pension scheme has focused minds at the FCA on the need for  income in retirement. Citywire reports  Lowe as … Continue reading

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It is time to take annuities seriously again – Billy Burrows

  Annuities have always been a serious business* but since the introduction of pension freedoms in 2015 most retirees (and advisers) have not taken annuities seriously and many invested in pension drawdown rather than purchase an annuity. Annuities have been … Continue reading

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