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“My pension offer” – explaining CDC to a confused public!
John Ralfe has been expressing his frustration that none of the CDC champions have made him a two page offer to tell him what a CDC pension offer might look like. I’ve not done this yet, partly because I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, CDC, pensions, with-profits, workplace pensions
Tagged annuities, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, collective, DC Defined Contributions, Defined benefit pension plan, Drawdown, DWP, Employment, Financial services, flexible drawdown, Flumps, Government, Human Resources, Insurance, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement
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Telling it like it is – a Jamaican perspective on annuities
Following on from a recent article on annuities, I’ve got some interesting feedback, including a remarkable post on the Pension Play Pen linked-In group from Magdalena Cooper de Neuze who is an insurance broker in Jamaica I hope that those who … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, pensions
Tagged annuity, broker, Insurance, Jamaica, pension
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“Savers who cash in their pensions face charges of up to 20%”
I repeat the Daily Mail’s headline which is absolutely accurate. I am glad that they did not use the word “penalties” as this implies a non-contractual lock-in being imposed by insurers. This is not what is happening. Insurers are … Continue reading
“Open Government isn’t an idea, it’s an action”
When you walk into the DWP’s offices in Westminster, you are greeted with a montage of Male, Pale and Stale mug-shots of politicians and permanent secretaries who are the DWP’s big wigs. Very 1980s – very Sir Humphrey! But that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Insurance, Investing, Investment management, male, MPS, pale, stale, tea mugs
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We must party – it’s in our DNA!
Tonight it’s the Pension Play Pen party and well over 100 people have put their name on the guest list! If you haven’t worry not- there are still several hours to tell us you’re coming and heh! -mention you read … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Employment, Financial services, Fun, Insurance, Party, pension, Pension new, pension playpen
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Ros Altmann’s presentation on the merits of employing #olderworkers
14 Jul 14 – Fuller Working Lives: Announcing the new Business Champion for Older Workers. A joint ILC-UK/DWP event hosted by Legal & General from ILC- UK According to Office for National Statistics estimates, in the next 10 years … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, brand, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged dc pensions, Government, Insurance, older workers, pension, Retirement, Ros Altmann, social media, Steve Webb
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“Ring out the old – ring in the new”- who will be our investment fiduciaries in retirement?
Yesterday I went to the Schroders DC Challenge conference which was all about “delivering value and certainty” to retirement savers. I left enlightened by some interesting debates and one or two talks. I’ll share with you three observations that I … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Change, Financial Education, Henry Tapper blog, pensions
Tagged annuity, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial Services Authority, Government, Insurance, Investing, Investment, Investment management, Liability Driven Investment, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new
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Is the game up for active fund management?
The Department for Communities and Local Government announced yesterday that £85bn of actively managed assets could be transferred to passive management and that the fund of fund structures could be collapsed into a collective investment vehicles. This is very significant … Continue reading
Fundless fund platforms?
Over the past fifteen years, new technology has brought us the fund platform, open architecture and unlimited choice. It has not brought us good fund governance and that’s what’s round the corner. But we are about to find that the … Continue reading
How we see the new annuity framework working
Pension PlayPen response to the Treasury Paper “Freedom and choice in pensions.” Pension PlayPen Ltd trades as http://www.pensionplaypen.com and is a leading portal through which employers and their advisers access information establish workplace pensions. This response has been … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Public sector pensions
Tagged annuity, Budget 2014, Business, Command Paper, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Freedom and choice in pensions, Government, Insurance, reform, Treasury
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