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Tag Archives: Innovation
How can regulators facilitate innovation?
This is the seventh of a series of ten blogs giving my response to the FCA and TPR’s call for input on the pensions consumer journey. In the previous blog in this series, I pointed to the differences between people’s … Continue reading
Do we retire when we lose the will to innovate? – a provocative blog by Maarten Ectors
This blog is by Maarten Ectors who writes as Chief Innovation Officer at Legal & General. As someone who could (some would say “should”) retire, I find his comments energizing and his final sentence the best incentive to innovate I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, Innovation, innovation index, IT, L&G, Maarten Ectors, Retirement
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Pot consolidation doesn’t need alchemy – it needs common purpose and leadership
The case for Government intervention on “small pots” is made very well by Dirk Paterson It is indeed time for Government intervention, but the choices are many and each has its issues. The danger of relying on Government intervention … Continue reading
Posted in now, pensions
Tagged Adrian Boulding, Dirk Paterson, Guy Opperman, Innovation, NOW, pensions, Pot follows member
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No need to lock-down innovation
Brent Hoberman calls for help for Britain’s start-ups; in the FT he comments with regards to tech start-ups. Britain leads Europe on almost every measure, more than £10bn was invested in UK tech last year and the sector employs … Continue reading
Why innovation in financial services is so tough
Today I will be discussing with my team at AgeWage innovation. We are submitting an application for an innovation grant to Innovate UK and we have to determine whether we deserve tax-payers money to take our business forward. To … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Innovation, Innovation UK, pensions, tough
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Why the door’s slammed shut on open pensions.
During the week, AgeWage was invited to compete in the Nesta Open Up Challenge. Nesta is funded by the UK lottery – they are an agency of change sponsored by the likes of you and me; As any entrepreneurial start-up … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Start ups, Technology
Tagged BEIS, DWP, HMT, Innovation, Nesta, Origo, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Technology
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“Patient Capital incubators” wanted. Our workplace pensions fingered!
The DWP and its pension minister Guy Opperman have taken the opportunity of a speech at the TUC conference to launch an unexpected and wide-ranging consultation on DC investments- where the money of “a couple of hundred short of 10m … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Blogging, pensions
Tagged DWP, Innovation, Patient Capital, Paul Lewis, Work
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“Why Michael Johnson’s so wrong!” – Con Keating
Michael Johnson’s letter to Frank Field & Co on CDC (reproduced in full here) was a real disappointment. I had expected more; a new and closely reasoned critique, passionately believed, perhaps. What I got was a tired and repetitive rehearsal … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, blockchain, CDC, defined ambition, defined aspiration, pensions
Tagged annuity, CDC, Con Keating, Innovation, Michael Johnson, pensions
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The pension dashboard is changing – but for the better?
Like a fool I thought that a DWP seminar on the Pension Dashboard would be held at the DWP, it was held at the ABI. I had to double back on my Boris Bike. which meant I missed the … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Aviva, Digital Garage, entrepreneurs, Hoxton, Innovation, Pension Dashboard, Technology
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FCA -If you’re looking for innovation….get real!
The FCA says it has found precious little evidence of innovation from its Retirement Outcome Review. I am not surprised, judging by the people who it invites to its “workshops”, it is looking in the wrong places. It is necessary to … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Anthony Morrow, FCA, Innovation, Michelle Cracknell, Paul Lewis, robo-advice, Romi Savova, TPAS
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