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Priest Alaska brought back the woman I love after another man nearly destroyed our marriage. My wife’s personality had changed…
Majority of clubs on edge of 'financial disaster' - regulator https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c6vgx70pzq1jo The regulator says 60% of clubs do not have…
Yawn. Yet another survey of a small sample of pension scheme members, 40 pages in length. I wish instead they'd…
Tag Archives: L&G
Compulsory education – needed to turn pots to pensions (says L&G)
News that one of the three largest DC workplace pensions is promoting compulsory education make staff understand their pension pot, is an admission of failure. Continue reading
UK Insurance comes under more pressure from American Private Equity
Elsewhere, Blackstone, recent friend to L&G in helping fund the L&G buy-in/out deals- is turning to by-passing insurers altogether.. Continue reading
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Telling us accurately what we’ve built up as pension should be what the dashboard does
Richard Smith is right in wishing to get engagement of people close to retirement. We want to know what is happening to our money which doesn’t grow like it does in the building society or bank but fluctuates as markets … Continue reading
The happy story we are being told about L&G
Let me admit a little weariness with pension stories, this being the first week in August. It is time for insurers to release their numbers and for “non-stories” to make up for “no stories”. Yesterday we had L&G telling us … Continue reading
PruFunded
M&G has launched a campaign to help savers see how their pensions and savings are working for them. M&G said the campaign, PruFunded, will use real-world examples to show how long-term savings can support businesses, jobs and communities across the … Continue reading
Sensible writing on CDC (and RDC) from Lisa Purdy of Capital Cranfield
It is always to get quality writing but particularly good to get it on CDC from a pensions trustee. Here is Lisa Purdy of Capital Cranfield writing about the difference between CDC and Retirement CDC. Lisa’s background is with L&G … Continue reading
Capital punishment, 24 years on
In 2002 a falling market nearly sank UK life insurers. Today the same crash would barely move them. Gordon Aitken Jun 23, 2026 Note: These are Gordon Aitken’s personal views and do not constitute investment advice. See full disclaimer below. … Continue reading
Private capital firms circle L&G – says the FT
You have to be as big and fearless as the Financial Times or as small but fearless as this blog, to publicise what people in the City are talking about, the breaking up or even the wholesale sell of L&G … Continue reading
Being poor in retirement is down to your behaviour – L&G can cure you
Here is a conversation about good retirement from DC workplace saving. But it’s not far enough for me and millions like me who don’t want a course in good savings behaviour! I’m not professional and don’t like my “capital at … Continue reading
Standard Life could outgun Hargreaves and AJ Bell but none of these retailers will offer pensions.
You’d think that in insurance terms, yesterday a British club beat off Europe. I’m not talking Arsenal but Standard Life. A few decades back I worked for Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar and they got eaten by Zurich who set … Continue reading
This particular question wasn’t asked or answered but Oliver was very clear that the launch is only the start. The…