You usually need 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions to get the full State Pension in the UK. If…
In the states, certain retirement savings programs have unique "catch-up" provisions - where those whose income varies from year to…
NEST’s Guided Retirement Fund in the UK gets part of the way there by separating money according to its intended…
"As usual with The Times, this is a briefing about England & Wales only." I'm so old that I can…
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At 58, Damian’s looking for a proper job again. Strawberries are still nice in September
I have fallen in love with Damian Stancombe’s weekly updates on his progress into retirement , his time down under, his joining a start-up and his leaving it. Now, at the tender age of 58 , Damian discovers that age … Continue reading
Christmas – a tougher job than we think!
I am trying to understand what makes Christmas special and I think it’s different from other times of the year as a few days when we aren’t supposed to do any work. I actually find myself guilty of wanting … Continue reading
And you may ask yourself – my God – what have I done?
Letting the days go by If you listen to the news, you may be carrying a heavy load to work today. The US has just committed what Europe considers a reckless assassination of the most popular person in Iran, bushfires … Continue reading
Start out as you mean to go on – come work with us!
We’re looking for someone who’s spent a year + in pensions and wants to work in a proper consultancy. Continue reading
Should I give my job to a computer?
This week the BBC has been running a series of programs on artificial intelligence. The first program asked the question HOW SUSCEPTIBLE ARE JOBS TO COMPUTERISATION? and reference was made to a study published here. I’d give it a read if you have a … Continue reading
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AE – make a virtue of necessity
It pains me to hear advisers talk of auto-enrolment as a “burden”. Helping to provide a retirement fund from which your staff can draw a pension seems to me a good thing for employers to do. If the phrase … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial services, Insurance, job, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, staff, Steve Webb, value, worth-doing
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Putting clients first- First Actuarial
You can’t get people lower down the corporate food chain to “treat customers fairly” if the customers aren’t the first priority of the people at the top.
Agreed!