Tag Archives: Leeds
Dr Chris Sier; 1966 to 2025
Chris Sier has died aged 58, rigorous to the end he finally lost his long fight with Colon Cancer diagnosed in 2023. He has been seeing friends at his bed in Guys hospital and those who have said goodbye all … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged AgeWage, chris sier, Clearglass, Funds, Leeds, LGPS, Newcastle, Pensions, pools, university
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Enthusiasm can get you there – LGPS at LGC Leeds
I was sitting at a reception at the end of a packed day of debate that included a dance class and intense discussion. Into the room walked Tom McPhail – looking bemused. Within minutes he was listening to a … Continue reading
Managing and measuring DB schemes (Keating, Tilba and Clacher)
With the intention of keeping the Pension Regulator focused, Keating and Clacher have recruited Dr Anna Tilba of Durham University to their ranks. A powerful triumvirate of pension intellectuals whose latest blog is an antidote to the toxicity of pseudo … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap
Tagged Con Keating, David Fairs, Dr anna tilba, Durham, Iain Clacher, Leeds, merry christmas, TPR, Warwick
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Other people’s money- other people’s lives.
I received this blog/testimony from Darren Jefferson, who many will know for his work in setting up auto-enrolment schemes over the past five years. The title’s my own, the words are his. Don’t take other people’s money for … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Darren Jefferson, Leeds, Opt-out, pensions
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Tomorrow’s heroes; these are the folk who will solve the AE Capacity crunch
We’ve been doing some planning at Pension PlayPen towers . Most of our thinking is concentrated on this graph. We predict the capacity crunch at April 2015 which is the point when demand for auto-enrolment services and workplace pensions … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged accountants, Accountantweb, AccountingWEB, auto enrolment, auto-enrolement, auto-enrolment.DWP.Paul Johnson, Bristol, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Government, Leeds, Payroll, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions
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Footie chants – malicious or otherwise
let’s give ourselves a round of applause and not inflame any more bonfires. Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Yeovil Town
Tagged Brighton, Huish Park, Leeds, Norwich, Somerset, Tuesday, Yeovil, Yeovil True
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Diversification and speculation are different.
I have mentioned TOBAM on this blog before, but as @firstactuarial had the good sense to invite its CEO Yves Choueifaty to their conference yesterday and he and his assistant Lauren were kind enough to fly from Paris to Manchester and take a train … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, de-risking, defined aspiration, First Actuarial, mallowstreet
Tagged Business, Gawain, Investment, Lancelot, Leeds, Manchester, Paris, Pennines
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“I cannot advise you on that Sir”
Here is a salutary tale for our times. Not a tragic tale – no disaster resulted – but a sad tale that demonstrates what happens when staff become scared to help customers. Anyone who has travelled on an “advanced” train ticket knows that … Continue reading
Posted in East coast trains
Tagged Complaint, East Coast, East Coast of the United States, Holland, Leeds, Plymouth, Richard Branson, Virgin Trains
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24 cheers for The Pension Play Pen Lunch
There’s a fine tradition in this country of people getting together in coffee houses and taverns and sorting out how and with whom business should be transacted. This was how the insurance market was founded in London and it still is how … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, Facebook, mallowstreet, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, social media
Tagged annuity, bribery act, corporate governance, corporate risk, Cyberbury, Debate, Employment, Facebook, Leeds, London, Lunch, mallowstreet, Manchester, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, social media, yeovil town fc, YTFC
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