Tag Archives: Legal and General
Why planning for “care” is everyone’s business
Whether we are carers or ‘cared for’, we are likely to be involved in caring in the future. Of course the pandemic has highlighted the under-funding of residential care homes and the lack of support given to many home carers, … Continue reading
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Tagged CARE, financial planning, L&G, Legal and General, long term care
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Legal & General – recovering
I wasn’t good at learning on management courses, but I did once write down and remember this list Acknowledge your mistakes. Never try to cover up or blame others for what went wrong. … Learn from your mistakes. Once you learn from your mistakes, don’t repeat them. … Continue reading
IGC reports “good to very good”- as L&G closes member helpline.
Since publishing this article , LGIM has made a statement on the closure of the L&G helplines – you can read the statement here L&G’s IGC has published its fifth report for savers ; here is the link for … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, IGC, pensions
Tagged Chair report, COVID19, ESG, IGC, investment pathways, L&G, Legal and General
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L&G ‘s IGC ratings fall with a sorry 2017 Chair’s report.
Legal and General has published its third IGC report, which you can read here.. Overall rating VFM – Red Engagement – Amber Effectiveness – Amber Value for Money It doesn’t get off to a very good start, giving us … Continue reading
“The best way forward or the NEST way forward?”
If you are an employer and you have made a decision, there is no liability—that is clear in the legislation. If you have decided to go with NEST rather than NOW: or People’s, there is no liability that can fall … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, auto-enrolment, NEST, now, pensions, Personal Accounts
Tagged Aviva, dc pensions, DWP, Government, Legal and General, NEST, NOW, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, People's Pension, Richard Harrington, Standard Life, workplace Pensions
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Legal and General’s IGC – frustrated but getting there!
The Legal & General IGC Annual Statement was published yesterday (21st March) and good it is too. The link to it is here As with Prudential’s statement, it’s tone is measured and severe, this is not a marketing document for … Continue reading
Posted in governance, pensions
Tagged IGC, Legal and General, Paul Trickett, pensions
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L&G gets tough on #AE
L&G changes its AE distribution strategy Legal and General have consistently been an iconoclastic force in auto-enrolment; I would argue a “Force for Good”, not afraid to stick their necks out and take risk where others have waivered. Within the past … Continue reading
What if? ……Investment reporting for the future…
What if….. when I opened Google Earth and ran the cursor over my home town/county/country , I could see Housing stock being built Brownfield sites being redeveloped Start ups igniting into action Listed companies adapting to a new cleaner greener … Continue reading
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Tagged Asset management, ethical investment, Investment, investment administration, Legal and General, Marketing, Nigel Wilson, pensions, SRI
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Choice – we love to have it – we hate to use it!
Choice – a mass of contradictions I’ve noted before that choice is something we feel we cannot do without but is something we generally cannot deal with. It is rare that the phrase ” I had no choice” is used in … Continue reading
How can auto-enrolment help those that most need it?
This morning I’m off to the House of Commons to discuss this question with some policy people, Prospect Magazine, my friends Alex Rowson of QTAC and Darren Philp of People’s Pension and Nigel Wilson, the CEO of Legal & … Continue reading