Tag Archives: LBG
Starmer and the Pension Lawyers
Mary McDougall has written an amusing and caustic piece asking whether our Prime Minister has quite got to the bottom of what this blog calls “ephemeral“. The surpluses that the Prime Minister reckons at £170bn could be twice that by … Continue reading
The City’s not remotely working.
Today, the Prime Minister is going to urge Britain to go back to work. He’s been saying much the same since June. People don’t seem to paying him much notice. I thought to write a little about how I … Continue reading
Why mandating TCFD reporting is a game changer.
The DWP’s proposals to insist that pension schemes set targets and use standard measures to report on the impact of the money they invest makes sense. But like the few radical interventions that work (think auto-enrolment), it is likely to … Continue reading
Contractors can’t have their cake and eat our pensions too
The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed have condemned Lloyds Banking Group’s decision to either scrap contractors or force them into umbrella companies. I think this unfair on Lloyds and unfair on the tax-payer. As anyone in reward … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions, Value for Money
Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, HMRC, HMT, IPSE, IR35, LBG, Lloyds Banking Group, pensions
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GMP equalisation – accounting issues – First Actuarial – webinar invite!
First Actuarial are able to explain this GMP equalisation thing and the implications for pension (and company) accounting. Having done a webinar or two with “Sam and Jingoe”- I’d say this will be time well spent! Here’s your invite! Our … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries
Tagged accountants, Accounting, first actuarial, GMP equalisation, LBG, pensions, Webinar
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GMP equalisation – what a waste of time and money
I’m too close to the Lloyds Banking Group two year legal case against its trustees to venture opinion on the rights or wrongs of the legal decision. I simply hope that the judgement turns out to be the least worst option. … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged GMP equalisation, judgement, LBG, LBG trustees, pensions
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