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Tag Archives: Legal & General
The geography of our investment matters
I’ve become interested in the geography of investment through a friend who’s in with “the Good Economy’s Place Based Impact Investment Initiative” and I ended up writing a blog on it. I asked my son for his thoughts as he’s … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions
Tagged Bruntswood, ESG, Legal & General, Oliver Tapper, Paul Stanworth, place
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How modelling helps us understand and deal with the pandemic.
Introduction Fighting this COVID-19 pandemic requires a good grasp on how the virus spreads, impacts health care demand and could be managed. This bulletin highlights some examples of how mathematical modelling has contributed to the understanding and intervention of this … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Coronavirus, COVID19, History, Joseph Lu, Legal & General, modelling, Pandemic
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Do we long-term care?
There’s an elderly care crisis in the UK. Action must be taken now, or the country’s ability to look after elderly people will collapse by 2029. Our report with @cebr_uk looks at why this has happened, and what we can … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, annuity, Consolation, pensions
Tagged Aviva, Care annuity, Irwinn Mitchell, Just, Legal & General, long term care, pension annuity, pensions
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Pension Bee ask “who’s Robin who?”
Pension Bee don’t play by the rules. They are a pension provider that isn’t run by actuaries. They give support to their customers through enthusiastic bee-keepers. They run an efficient pension savings plan that offers everyone access to quality funds with a minimum … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged bee keepers, financial advice, Legal & General, NOW Pensions, Pension Bee, pensions, Phoenix
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We need a home ownership detox!
An important day for British Housing Policy Today, the Government will publish its white paper setting out its long-term housing strategy. This has implications for everyone living in the UK, including the homeless, those who rent, those who own and … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Brick, Detox, Equity, home ownership, Household, Infrastructure, Legal & General, mortgage, pension, Sausage, Thatcher
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How much support do we get from our Workie?
Workie – if the DWP’s advertising campaign’s to be believed, is a workplace pension (albeit one looking for friends in the park). We want to know how friendly our Workies really are, how much support they are giving employers in running … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Workie
Tagged auto enrolment, charges, costs, Legal & General, NOW, NOW Pensions, People's Pension, pricing, sustainable, Workie
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Auto-enrolment – now get stuck in!
Auto-enrolment is 3 years old but the real fun only starts here. In the coming quarter, we will be preparing for the big spikes in staging that begin in January 2016. Whether you are an accountant, work in a payroll … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, Ease, Employment, Financial services, L&G, Legal & General, pension, pension playpen, pensions, worksave, worksave pension play
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The FinTech boom ignites with the start-ups!
This chart says something pretty interesting. It tells us that London is the top place in Europe for Financial Technology, it tells us that in terms of performance and market reach, we’re doing great but that we lag in Funding … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, David Cameron, DWP, Ease, Employment, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, ITM, Legal & General, NEST, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, pensionsync, People's Pension, Retirement, Ros Altmann, social media, Systemsync
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Our parents’ houses.
property, downsizing, home, residence, sheltered housing, family, children, grandchildren Continue reading
Posted in later life, London, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Retirement
Tagged downsize, Fulham Palace Road, Legal & General, Nigel Williams, Oscar, pension, properties, Property, Shaftesbury, Telegraph, winchester
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BRITAIN’S BIGGEST TABOOS: 20 MILLION PEOPLE STRESSED ABOUT FINANCES, YET TALKING ABOUT MONEY REMAINS OFF LIMITS
I don’t normally do press releases on here, I will make an exception here. People are embarrassed about money – when it’s their money they are talking about. The taboos about debt, wealth and financial planning are real and we need … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, welfare, with-profits
Tagged Business, debt, Employment, Financial services, Investing, Investment, L&G, Legal & General, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, taboos
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