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A library of COVID-19 actuarial responses

Posted on April 10, 2020 by

I realise that the actuaries who’ve blogged have no central library of their work. So here are all the articles they’ve written and published on linked in  – if you really want to understand their work, here’s an Easter treat … Continue reading →

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Pensions need a “dashboard-ready” standard

Posted on October 24, 2019 by

Jo Cumbo has called out the “elephant in the room” as the data quality of the pension schemes that look after  our money , our data and our resources for security in retirement. If data is money them money is … Continue reading →

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Concerns about Pension Dashboard transparency (and how to calm them)

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

  “The Pensions Schemes Bill makes provision for Pensions Dashboards which will provide everyone with clear simple access to all of their pension information on one portal”. This quote, from Francis Goss, who is on the dashboard working group, tells … Continue reading →

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Getting youngsters saving more

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

Telling youngsters to save more is a waste of time It’s been a sad 48 hours on twitter watching the wolf pack turn on Paul Claireaux for his cappuccino blog – where Paul postulates that a youngster could have a … Continue reading →

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AgeWage is closing its investment round (but you’ve still got a week to invest)

Posted on May 18, 2019 by

http://www.seedrs.com/agewage We’ll be closing our investment round with Seedrs on Friday 24th May. As I write, that gives readers a week to invest. You invest by clicking the link above, if you want to invest more than £5,000, drop henry@agewage.com … Continue reading →

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Buy and Suppress the pensions dashboard

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

I designed, launched and sold the first – and still only – Norwegian pension dashboard some 15 yrs ago.  “norskpensjon.no” is the pension dashboard service that the Norwegian pension providers, after we gained traction with it, insisted that they should … Continue reading →

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Why can’t we talk about money without paying for advice?

Posted on March 16, 2019 by

  Iona Bain has been travelling around Britain finding out what young people are doing to get help with their finances. She has documented her findings in a great FT article Shunned by traditional advisers, younger investors use apps and … Continue reading →

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CDC – cons diminish confidence!

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

I am fairly confident that before the end of October, before even next week’s budget, the DWP will consult on CDC. We are told by the Pensions Minister , that the test case is Royal Mail but that legislation will … Continue reading →

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“Pentech” needs to lead or the dashboard won’t work

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

  The dichotomy between old and new skool pensions has rarely been so well displayed as at Wednesday’s Pension Dashboard Summit Enterprise v Start -up Consumer led v business case Big Government v entrepreneurs ABI v open banking Saving v Spending Prospective v … Continue reading →

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Millennials! stand up for your future.

Posted on September 25, 2018 by

There weren’t many people at the Pension Management Institute’s event last night But it was an important meeting nonetheless   There is a little group of pension professionals under the age of 40 who could grow. They want to have a … Continue reading →

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