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Are pensions to save Ukraine? Is defence investment ESG or Mansion House?
The FT has a story on ESG investments which asks questions of fund manager and banks More than 100 Labour MPs and peers have urged British banks and fund managers to stop viewing all defence investments as “unethical”, as they … Continue reading
Benefits are one thing, pensions are quite another.
Mark Pemberthy is a benefits guy, has been for decades and he’s one of the auto-enrolment guys who in has been an LBG financial adviser and since auto-enrolment got done has got into communicating benefits for clients who can afford … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, TPR, Treasury
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Why are local LGPS costs so mad? – Toby Nangle explains!
At some stage over the emotional past three days, I submitted an attempt to win a WTW journalistic award. I know I won’t win it but I do think that people who make an effort to explain themselves , have … Continue reading
Is People’s now a “fully agile internal manager” of our savings?
Toby Nangle is a good guy, he comes from the investment community and he’s trying to turn People’s Partnership and other savings organisations into the kind of investment houses that make for happy Chancellors. This report is from Pension Age … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Investment, NEST, Pension new, Pensions, Tax
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You can’t wait for Reeves tomorrow? PM Starmer on Pensions tonight..
A press release has been issued by the Prime Minister’s office. Here it is. So you thought that pensions were a quiet backwater? Think again. If you were waiting for Rachel Reeves growth speech on Wednesday, you’ve missed the point. … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, FCA, Financial services, Investment, Pensions, Reeves, Starmer
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Pensions and Truell. Radio 4 – well worth a listen back
I hadn’t expected to have to move my early morning meeting tomorrow , but I did , to listen to Edi Truell bang on time on Radio 4. You should be able to find out hear Following Edi’s comments in … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, Edi Truell, Employment, Investment, pension, Pensions, truell
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“Stop focussing on budgets, concentrate on investment” – Reeves is right
Given the threat posed to her precarious fiscal plan by sluggish growth, Reeves has told the Treasury to stop focusing on Budgets and concentrate on boosting investment instead. It is necessary to get on with it. We cannot regulate … Continue reading
Putting the FIS back into pension schemes
This is a blog inspired by a snip from First Actuarial’s briefing to trustees and sponsors of their DB clients. For many years trustees have had to focus on a prudent funding plan based on the scheme valuation at … Continue reading
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Keating casts doubt on pensions as engines for growth
Investment and Growth Con Keating Introduction The exhortations for pension funds to invest for growth have been widely publicised in recent years. It has been, and remains, government policy. Unfortunately, ‘growth’ investment seems to have been interpreted in … Continue reading
Smooth operators: the case for the non-guaranteed investment-based smooth income annuity
Per UK Linnemann — First published in the Actuary Thursday 7th March 2024 — 8 min read The smooth income annuity was born in Per UK Linnemann’s homeland, Denmark. Here, he advocates the non-guaranteed investment-based variety. In a 2007 piece … Continue reading