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The conversion of the Pension Plowman
I had a bit of a ding-dong with Guy Opperman earlier in the year when I disagreed with him about getting illiquid investments into our workplace pension “Backing annuities – yes, backing DB scheme pensions -yes, but shoe-horned into DC … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, dc pensions, DWP, pensions
Tagged ESG, Impact investment, Infrastructure, Private Equity, social purpose
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Who are the 200,000 people petitioning for the pensions dashboard?
It won’t be long till 38 degrees’ campaign to save the pensions dashboard hits its target of 200,00. Today, the campaign was given a boost by publicity in the Financial Times by the ever-excellent Jo Cumbo. The FT’s headline … Continue reading
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Tagged 38 degrees, chris sier, DWP, Infrastructure, internet, jo cumbo, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Politics, Technology
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The Financial Scientologists
Paul Lewis is absolutely right in attacking the dogmatism that religion creates. People may be spiritual, without imposing their views on others, but when someone’s dogma overtakes their sense of humanity, they become strangely inhuman. This is what accounts … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Bankers, pensions
Tagged Infrastructure, John Ralfe, Malvolio, Paul Lewis, pensions, Scientology, USS
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First Actuarial- proud to work for you!
I had a nice surprise over breakfast; whizzing through my emails I found that while I’ve gone on holiday, they’ve issued a FAB press release! 50:50 claim by PLSA is “dangerously misleading” says First Actuarial First Actuarial chastises the … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Deficit, FABI, first actuarial, Infrastructure, pensions, PLSA
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Pensions Resurgent! The merit of the CWU’s proposals to the Royal Mail
For the third day I am returning to the CWU’s proposals to the Royal Mail which I now consider the most important break through in pension scheme design we have seen in Britain this century. I base this on three … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, pensions
Tagged CDC, CWU, David Pitt-Watson, Defined benefi, Eddy Truell, equities, Infrastructure, Linked in, pension, pensions, PIC, Royal Mail
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We need a home ownership detox!
An important day for British Housing Policy Today, the Government will publish its white paper setting out its long-term housing strategy. This has implications for everyone living in the UK, including the homeless, those who rent, those who own and … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Brick, Detox, Equity, home ownership, Household, Infrastructure, Legal & General, mortgage, pension, Sausage, Thatcher
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“Breaking ranks” with a pernicious orthodoxy.
In a significant interview with the FT, Michael Higgins, former chair of the Pension Regulator and chair of a £12bn pension trust argues that valuing pension liabilities using the gilt yield is leading to a …. “significant misallocation of resources — … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, Bankers, pensions
Tagged Consultants, contrarian, Deficit, FABI, Funding, Infrastructure, John O'Higgins, pensions, TPR
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What would you give the block chain to do?
Think about what you hate most. I bet work has a lot to do with it! The “toad work” as Philip Larkin used to call it! I would like to do an audit of the things I hate most at … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Resources, Infrastructure, pension, Technology, toad, toad-work, Work
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The Pension Dashboard – all dressed up with nowhere to go.
The number of pension providers who’ve paid to join the Government’s pension dashboard initiative has risen to 17. The initial pilot will be more complete because legacy pension providers like Phoenix have joined the hard core who offer new pensions … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, drawdown, pensions
Tagged CDC, Dashboard, Defined Ambition, Infrastructure, pension, Pension Dashboard, Richard Harrington, Technology
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It was our Gina what done it!
The unexpected decision in the Supreme Court to give power to our parliament to debate the pushing of the button, created an upheaval in financial markets that had more or less given up on anything than a hard Brexit. The … Continue reading
