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Steve Webb provides a blueprint to avoid a “budget omnishambles”

Steve Webb has simplified the potential impact on pensions of a November 26th budget. If you want to read the document , it’s here and you can download it  Webb refers in the paper to the 2021 budget when he … Continue reading

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Sir Steve Webb; IHT Changes & Pensions – a discussion.

  We brought the Pension PlayPen session forward by half an hour to allow some people to hear McGrath and Keating on the run on/wind up debate for occupational DB pension plans. Immediately after our pension was LCP’s session on … Continue reading

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PENSION RISK TRANSFER INDUSTRY – Push Back and Critique

This paper has been sent to Pension PlayPen to accompany the presentation given by William McGrath and Con Keating on Tuesday 2nd September. The video and slides of this presentation are available on this link. This is the final piece … Continue reading

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The King, the President and the Consultant – Steve Hodder excels!

It was an exciting hour of pension conversation. Steve Hodder presented his ideas, his slides and a video of the event are set out below. It was memorable and so was the setting! On the river outside police ribs were … Continue reading

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Pension Schemes/ Long may you run – LCP’s Hodder – 10.30 today

Coffee Morning – DB De-Risking Supertanker… is it starting to turn? LCP’s Steve Hodder investigates Tuesday, July 8⋅10:30 – 11:30am  Today You are cordially invited to attend today’s Coffee Morning with Steve Hodder, me and Steve Goddard. Steve Hodder will … Continue reading

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The DB De-Risking Supertanker… is it starting to turn? (LCP/PP)

Coffee Morning – DB De-Risking Supertanker… is it starting to turn? LCP’s Steve Hodder investigates Tuesday, July 8⋅10:30 – 11:30am You are cordially invited to attend our next Coffee Morning with Steve Hodder, me and Steve Goddard. Steve Hodder will … Continue reading

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LCP identify Trustees as Pensions’ true “Power-Brokers”

I am pleased that LCP has produced a report about Pension Trustees, both those of DC and DB funds.  Here is their executive summary Executive Summary There is growing interest within government in using pension assets to promote the growth … Continue reading

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Ten years on and the DB to DC transfer turns sour.

In 2016 I started writing about transferring pensions to wealth management firms including old fashioned personal pensions but mainly self invested personal pensions. There were some smart people arguing that taking a transfer value back then was good news personally … Continue reading

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Scheme Stewardship with LCP – this morning 10.30am – invite inside!

Coffee Morning – LCP introduces their Scheme Stewardship Dashboard    January 14, 2025 10:30 am London You are cordially invited to attend today’s online Coffee Morning. As a reader of this blog, I am offering you a free pass. You … Continue reading

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“Sole mates IV- the video”. LCP walks us through the trustee landscape

LCP’s Nathalie Sims and Laura Amin expertly take us on a ramble through the professional trustee’s current landscape, pointing to the polarisation between traditional self-owned and the new Private Equity owned businesses. Along the way we have pleasant diversions by … Continue reading

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