Tag Archives: L&G

Telling us accurately what we’ve built up as pension should be what the dashboard does

Posted on September 8, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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The happy story we are being told about L&G

Posted on August 6, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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PruFunded

Posted on July 12, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Sensible writing on CDC (and RDC) from Lisa Purdy of Capital Cranfield

Posted on June 30, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Capital punishment, 24 years on

Posted on June 27, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Private capital firms circle L&G – says the FT

Posted on May 18, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Being poor in retirement is down to your behaviour – L&G can cure you

Posted on April 27, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Standard Life could outgun Hargreaves and AJ Bell but none of these retailers will offer pensions.

Posted on April 16, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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People need more pension, not just moaning about the lack of saving!

Posted on March 19, 2026 by henry tapper

I enjoyed Richard Smith’s post on L&G’s moan about not getting enough paid into workplace pensions We know only too well that enough money is going into pension pots. Last Friday I listened to a friend telling the few delegates … Continue reading →

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Just, L&G, Aviva, USS and Hymans write to Reeves explaining how to finance UK growth

Posted on February 9, 2026 by henry tapper

Keating and Aubrey told us how gilts could not do the job. Last September Thomas Aubrey and Con Keating highlighted the inanity of the Government’s plan to finance with gilts the growth needed for new towns and growth that is … Continue reading →

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