Tag Archives: Investment
AI makes a few rich , some have a pension halo but the rest of us?
The good , the bad and the vulnerable middle. I see a lot of people whose jobs are safe enough for the moment, they are utility workers, those who depend on capital intensive industry , largely still public owned (the … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Investment, Pensions, public sector, Technology, utilities
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This worries me; I don’t want to be governed by spivs
Richard Tice is someone who attracts those who believe Reform can make Britain great again through being tough on those who cheat the system. He has served as Deputy Leader of Reform UK since 2024 and as the Reform UK Business, Trade … Continue reading
Sharon Bowles and Ros Altmann continue to make sense with amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill
I agree with William Macleod. I agree with Sharon Bowles above and Ros Altmann below.
The people are the company, they get the pension surplus , the company still benefits.
I read this tweet and for a moment thought that I was agreeing , but then I read a little further and decided I was not sure… Did you notice £2.3bn giveaway in Budget to small group of public sector … Continue reading
Jesal Mistry leaves L&G for Apollo – what’s going on in DC investment?
I am confused about Apollo’s intentions in investing in the UK DC Market. I am confused by L&G’s top DC investment person is finding a new home with them! Corporate Adviser make this their main story.. Legal & General’s head … Continue reading
What are our Lords up to with “Pension Schemes” this week?
This from the “on the money” Pension Age which keeps us up to date with the Pension discussions. Peers query mandation and LGPS powers as Pension Schemes Bill enters HoL committee stage By Callum Conway 13/1/26 House of Lords (HoL) … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Government, Investment, pension, Pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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Why are investment trusts excluded from the Pension Schemes Bill?
William MacLeod Speaking in the House of Lords today during the Pensions Schemes Bill second reading both Baroness Ros Altmann and Baroness Sharon Bowles , asked a very simple question: Why have listed investment companies been excluded from the Bill? … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Employment, FCA, Financial services, Investment, Pensions, politics, Ros Altmann, Sharon Bowles, Treasury
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TPR probes barriers to investment – a hat-trick of wins in a week.
I am pleased that TPR is changing its stance. The principles it has laid down are risk based but overly so . Trustees have complained that they live under a regime where they can be considered wreck less by TPR, … Continue reading
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Tagged hat-trick, Investment, Northern Foods, Pensions, Stagecoach, TPR
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CDC: “How do you make it fair?” not through liability driven investment!
The point of multi-employer CDC is that you share things. You cannot run a scheme on a lifestyle basis, where you invest for how long your members are going to choose to be in the scheme, you must assume they … Continue reading
We don’t need austerity, we need to invest and grow
Martin Woolf has produced an econium to growth and posted it in the FT. People care about their standard of living. Democracy is simply far stronger if it is possible for everybody to become better off. Growth provides that. … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Business, Ecopnium, Employment, Government, growth, Investment, Martin Woolf, pension, Pensions, Tax, Treasury, workplace Pensions
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