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Steve Webb, LCP and Royal London

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

We are delighted to announce that former Pensions Minister Steve Webb will be joining LCP as a partner. He will be working on our client service offering & spearheading LCP campaigns to help the pensions industry stay apace with member … Continue reading →

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Will a “Transfer Value Comparator” work?

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

t DB transfer activity has begun to stabilise, with far more transfers being quoted and taken every quarter compared with the position before the new freedom and choice flexibilities were introduced by the Government in 2015. Bart Huby LCP Aug … Continue reading →

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Fund managers that plead ignorance- display indolence.

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

    “Some 56% of defined contribution (DC) asset managers do not believe they will have transaction cost information in time for pension funds’ March year-end statements, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) research”. (Professional Pensions) Hiring an asset … Continue reading →

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Alright LCP and First Actuarial – here’s my ESG challenge to you!

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

I’d alert readers to an excellent thought piece by LCP consultant, Sam Cobley. You can read it here. Sam ponders why, while every trustee and IGC chair is now commenting on Responsible Investment and Environmental, Social and Governance issues. So few … Continue reading →

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Are DB pensions benefiting from CETV de-risking?

Posted on March 26, 2018 by

  It’s a fair question for a blogger to ask. I don’t have the answer and suspect that you’d get a different reply depending on who you asked. Here are the facts According to Hymans Robertson , The total value … Continue reading →

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DB Transfers all but triple in a year.

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

Transfers to other pension schemes10 RKQR 6,810 6,084 5,363 13,221 12,777 34,245 Andy is referring to the Office of National Statistics  update to “Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts (MQ5)” -table 4.3: …  The numbers are confirmed by … Continue reading →

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“Going halves on DB” – the argument for (and against) partial transfers.

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

(Rival) consultancy LCP and insurer Royal London have joined up to produce a paper calling for it to be mandatory for trustees to provide members with the option to take part of their DB pension as pension and part as … Continue reading →

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“Blindsided!”-investment consultants caught by FCA’s rabbit punch

Posted on November 19, 2016 by

Nobody saw it coming. I went to a conference of investment consultants earlier in the month, the FCA’s Market Review was not on the agenda of any of the day’s sessions. But the FCA’s proposal to make a MARKET INVESTIGATION REFERENCE … Continue reading →

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In a muddle about investment management fees

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

It is a truth , universally acknowledged, that the more money you make, the less inclined you are to tell people how you made it. Continue reading →

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