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Tag Archives: Innovation
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged Anthony Morrow, FCA, Innovation, Michelle Cracknell, Paul Lewis, robo-advice, Romi Savova, TPAS
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Fundamental concern with pension regulation.
Con Keating on the political economy of UK pension scheme regulation John Woods’ paper “The political economy of UK pension scheme regulation” should be read closely, and repeatedly in both the FCA and the DWP, and used to inform their … Continue reading
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“Blindsided!”-investment consultants caught by FCA’s rabbit punch
Nobody saw it coming. I went to a conference of investment consultants earlier in the month, the FCA’s Market Review was not on the agenda of any of the day’s sessions. But the FCA’s proposal to make a MARKET INVESTIGATION REFERENCE … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Actuary, Aon, defined benefit, FCA, first actuarial, Hymans Robertson, IGC, Innovation, LCP, Market Review, Mercer, pension, Technology, TPR, WTW
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Research and Development in Financial Advice
The Financial Conduct Authority has published the results of its survey of firms providing financial advice. The results make for depressing reading. Of the sample, 72% of firms said that customers’ preference for personal interaction with an adviser was a … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate risk, FAMR, FCA, Financial services, Innovation, pensions, Retirement, robo-advice, Technology
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Tesla is disrupting the power industry using better products not better marketing (Guest blog from Chris Radford)
Tesla is disrupting the power industry using better products not better marketing Tesla Powerwall This is possibly the best example of attractive thinking applied to product innovation that I have ever seen. It has bigger potential than any project I … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Radford, Elon Musk, Innovation, power industry, power supply, Powerwall, product, Tesla, Tesla Powerwall
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