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Tag Archives: Investment
Myopia and the alternative fact
Not all prejudice is ill-intentioned, I know the author of this comment on a recent blog. He is not ill-intentioned – just short-sighted. There is no one interested to have defined benefit pensions in the UK. They are seem as … Continue reading
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Tagged Beveridge, DB, dc, Government, Investment, Plan, retail, Savings, Treasury, Vision
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End of the road for LDI?
Thanks to those brave souls who braved “Southern”, the tube strike and filthy weather to attend yesterday’s lunch which asked “has LDI had its day?”. One answer to that question was clear, I learnt that the top performing asset class … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank underground, Blog, Bonds, Investment, Japan, LDI, Liability Driven Investment, opportunity cost, speculation, Value at risk, VAR, yield
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If past performance doesn’t matter- what does?
Performance measurement is a deeply unpopular science. If there is one phrase that financial services has given to popular parlance it’s that “Past performance is no guide to the future” This worthy sentiment would ring hollow to the person transferring … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged defaqto, first actuarial, Investment, NEST, pensions, Performance, Standard Life, workplace Pensions
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The curse of the transfer value!
There is a curse to having money that was bequeathed us by the later Chancellor. It is called “freedom” and it applies to the rights that baby boomers have in final salary schemes. It’s not just those in their fifties, many … Continue reading
Taking possession; how’s Workie performing ?
There’s an urban (pension) myth that it’s not until your pension is worth as much as your car that you take any notice of it. My car has been written off twice and has a scrap value of £1000 so … Continue reading
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Tagged defaqto, first actuarial, Investment, NEST, pension playpen, Performance, Workie, workplace pension
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Want to know about investment risk? Quietroom’s “difficult second video”!
The good people at Quietroom have come up with another classic. I have to admit to having a bit part – I was the idiot who they asked to edit their script – as if! I think it is a … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged classic, edducation, employer, financial education, IFA, Investment, Risk, staff, Vimeo
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Cash beats shares for capital gains (but not for pensions).
Paul Lewis has produced a brilliant study that shows how the outcomes of investing a capital sum in cash would have been better than investing in shares over the past 21 years. Paul is right, the numbers do not lie and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds, capital, Cash, Derek Benstead, equities, Investment, ISAs, Paul Lewis, pension, pensions, shares
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Phoenix and its heroic IGC
Not a job for the boys Of all the duff jobs out there, being Chair of the Phoenix IGC must rank high in the pantheon. Phoenix is a shell company that over the years has acquired a number of life … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged Business, Chair, Costs and charges, David Hare, governance, IGC, Investment, pensions, Phoneix, Transparency, workplace Pensions
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Standard Life’s IGC’s annual report; deceptively good!
The Standard Life Independent Governance Committee’s Chair, Rene Poisson, published his first annual report yesterday, you can read it here either in summary or in its full 40 pages. Most will read the summary but for those interested in product … Continue reading
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Tagged GARS, governance, IGC, Investment, pension, Rene Poisson, Standard Life
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Good (and bad) news on investment fee disclosure!
The FT reports that the Investment Association has stated “we can see a way to build an underlying system, a common template, that will provide data tailored in a way that is suitable to both retail and institutional investors” That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Charge cap, DWP, FCA, Fees, IGC, Investment, pension, TPR, tranaparency
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