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- @RAF_IFA @MickMcAteer Internal consumption needs internal combustion? Whatever happened to the man with the beret,… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…thanks 15 minutes ago
- @reidremoney Mind you , the integrated risk management framework bull-dozes all conflicts out of the way! henrytapper.com/2017/09/25/so-…thanks 1 hour ago
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Tag Archives: jo cumbo
Fund managers -Norma Cohen is still watching!
The great British financial journalist Norma Cohen rarely publishes in the FT these days, when she does, it is to great effect. This week she published a quiet and thoughtful piece on the impact MIFID II is having on … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, David Pitt-Watson, economics, journalism, pensions
Tagged chris sier, financial advice, ft, fund charges, fund management, jo cumbo, Norma Cohen, pensions, Terry Smith
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Planning for a noble and quick death?
The FT has been doing some research about what motivates people to swap a pension for drawdown. The sample may not have been big but they’re drawing a strange conclusion. The superiority of the death benefits within drawdown are … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, First Actuarial, pensions, twitter
Tagged CARE, Debora Price, Dementia, Drawdown, jo cumbo, Old age, pension
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Clarification needed on CETV volumes.
The FT published a number yesterday – £100 million. It is the amount that pensions administrator JLT are paying out in transfer values every month. It looks a large number. Mischievously I suggested that might be revenue to JLT rather than the … Continue reading
Insuring too much for living too long
I went to an interesting debate this morning about the DB deficit crisis (what crisis?). A number of interesting things emerged, such as a statement that a pension scheme cannot get a real return on its investments. I looked at … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged buy-in, buy-out, ft, Hymans Robertson, ILC, ILC-UK, Insurance, jo cumbo, LDI, Longevity, Technology
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“Bill it to the fund”- why the TTF calls for full disclosure.
(Brief)case study I didn’t quite know what the smart gentleman meant when he offered me a drink in a first class carriage coming down from Manchester. “It’s ok – we’re billing to the fund”. Then it dawned on me, the … Continue reading
FABI says “no no” to the deficit yo-yo!
The First Actuarial Best-estimate Index (FABI) continues on a more predictable flight. An actuary speaks! Rob Hammond, who oversees the number crunching behind FABI says: “Yo-yo deficits do nothing to restore people’s confidence in their pensions. FABI paints a truer … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, pensions
Tagged Deficit, FABI, Firt Actuarial, jo cumbo, pension, PPF7800, Technology
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What’s the point of disclosure if it never gets seen?
Jo Cumbo has been writing some interesting pieces ( https://www.ft.com/content/787ad06e-7e7b-11e6-bc52-0c7211ef3198) on how what we need to know about our retirement savings can be delivered to us as we want it. We get our shopping or our meals to our door if … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Aviva, Business, communication, Digital Garage, disclosure, Employment, Financial services, ft, jo cumbo, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Scottish Widows
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Will the transparency Zeitgeist pervade the FCA?
The Financial Times is reporting that the Association of Member Nominated Trustees are ready to exercise muscle to get to the bottom of what we are paying for charges. This is really good news ; but before we get too … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, pensions
Tagged AMNT, FCA, ft, fund managers, jo cumbo, novarca, pensions, State Street, Transparency, Transparency Task Force, Zeitgeist
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Pension Freedoms need a Pension Dashboard
Jo Cumbo asks how the Pension Freedoms are bedding down. I don’t have access to the big data of an insurer but I am 54 and am now only six months from my entitlement to blow my savings on whatever I … Continue reading
Net pay schemes – 5 chances – then name and shame employers!
The Pension Minister is threatening to require employers who run net pay pension schemes that disadvantage staff to compensate those low-paid individuals who lose out on tax relief. The majority of the tax relief foregone is on contributions to Government … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Compensation, DWP, ft, jo cumbo, net-pay, pensions, Pensions Minister, Pensions Regualtor, relief at source, Ros Altmann, TPR
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