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Can a political investment be “perverse”?
We are lucky to have people who read this blog who have experience beyond our own. I exclude a few and include myself in those for whom 1976-78 was the time of O levels or primary school or (bless you) … Continue reading
Who pays for a 40% hike in legal rates?
I read this article in the FT aghast. The cost of legal opinion is not exclusive to those who pay the £1,000 per hour legal bills ($2,000 an hour for some US firms “over here”). The cost trickles down to … Continue reading
Rosalind Connor “can we have less pension law?” Pension PlayPen this morning
You are cordially invited to attend our next event on Tuesday 25th June in which Pensions legal guru Rosalind Connor will study “the depoliticization of pensions” Ros has recently been working on a new product at Temple Bright (called … Continue reading
Lawyer asks – “can we have less pension law?”
You are cordially invited to attend our next event on Tuesday 25th June in which Pensions legal guru Rosalind Connor will study “the depoliticization of pensions” Ros has recently been working on a new product at Temple Bright (called … Continue reading
Is there a higher law?
In olden days there was a divine right of king that trumped the law of the land, or so monarchs asserted. Now Trump asserts a higher law, the presidential election as a higher law than the state court. He tells … Continue reading
Let loose the dogs of law!
In this article, I argue that until those who manage funds and assets are held responsible to the end consumer we will not see effective enforcement of reforms. The central thrust of the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study (interim) is … Continue reading
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Tagged Asset management, dogs of law, FCA, Fiduciary, governance, ICG, law, market study, trustees
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Putting yourself second – what a boss should do.
There is no law that says you should be polite. Standing aside from someone getting off a train, opening doors for the elderly and those with push-chairs, paying your pension bills before paying your dividend, these are all things we … Continue reading
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Tagged BHS, Frank Field, justice, law, Pensions Regulator, Philip Green
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Fanning the faint flame for better workplace pensions
Over the next few weeks, Britain’s various IGCs (and baby IGCs) will be reporting on the state of the insurers and the non-insured SIPP providers from an independent viewpoint. I have berated some of the IGC Chairs for being confused … Continue reading
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Tagged dc, Defined contribution plan, FCA, governance, IGC, law, Leonard Cohen, Money Purchase, pensions, regulation, TPR
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Do self-employed “workers” know their pension rights?
The self-employed have been marginal to Pension Reform. An obscure section of the 2008 Pension Act makes it possible for them to take part in NEST, however NEST do not advertise they can receive self-employed contributions and I’d be surprised if they have … Continue reading
“Knowing but not doing is nothing”.
So says the sage of Newbury – Peter Shellswell – he of the Popcorn Pension. I share his intellectual property as you know not of what he talks nor what “something”might be! Well I’ll let you into his secret, he was … Continue reading