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How green is my workplace pension?
I hadn’t thought of Grant Thornton as thought leaders in pensions. On Friday I met with an old friend – Sandy Trust to talk about value for money. Well that’s what I thought we’d talk about- but Sandy – canny … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Aviva, Grant Thornton, L&G, NEST, NOW, pensions, People's Pension, Sandy Trust
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How do Customers benchmark what’s good about their DC pension?
For employer’s it’s all been about inter-operability I’m returning to a question that has bothered me since the inception of auto-enrolment over six years ago. To begin with, it was a question for employers and could largely be answered in … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, pensions
Tagged advisers, Aegon, AgeWage, Aviva, L&G, pension playpen, Royal London, Standard Life
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Don’t pander to pension populism! Zurich big-wig hits out at “freedoms”
“I have no time for populism” , was the astonishing rebuttal of top Zurich Insurance shrink Stefan Kroepfl. Kroepfl, who is global head of life business analysis – is no lightweight, nor was the discussion that ensued at this Dutch … Continue reading
Do IGC’s improve our value for money?
This is the 7th and penultimate blog , addressing the Work & Pensions Select Committee’s questions on pension transparency. This time the exam question is Are Independent Governance Committees effective in driving value for money? My short answer is that … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, WPC
Tagged IGC, L&G, Marketing, pensions, Prudential, Royal London, Technology, VFM, WPC
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L&G – “sometimes it’s better to listen than talk”; home truths from a member.
Along with 40 or so others, I went to the L&G IGC Annual Member Forum yesterday morning. I left with a beautifully produced slide deck and a professionally printed copy of this year’s IGC report- I also left … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged Daniel Godfey, Dermot Courtier, L&G, LGIM, member, Michelle Cracknell, pensions, Sacha sadan, TPAS
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IGC Class of 2018 – the results are in – this is how your Chair Report stacks up.
So here are my ratings for the principal IGC reports that I can find. There may be more reports skulking out there and I’ll be adding them if they get reported to me! As you can see, they … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, Black Rock, Chair, Fidelity, IGC, L&G, Old Mutual, pensions, Prudential, Scottish Widows, Standard, Zurich
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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
Ways of staying financially strong in later life
I normally write about money, particularly about saving for retirement. Over the last couple of evenings, I’ve been lucky enough to attend two excellent discussions, not about saving, but about creating an infrastructure around you in later years that makes those … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, economics, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Brian Bayliss, CSFI, ILC, L&G, Les Mayhew
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L&G; a smooth operator with an open IGC
For an Independent Governance Committee to work, there must be a means for it to interact with its membership in a meaningful way. L&G – uniquely to my knowledge – offer policyholders of their workplace pension the opportunity to come to … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, dermot coutier, FCA, IGC, L&G, LGIM, pensions, Transaction costs, Transparency, workplace Pensions
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The world of the inactive investor
Of all my amateur enthusiasms, my interest in how to invest my money is perhaps the silliest. The economist’s hat sits ill upon my head, my capacity to second guess market trends is zero. So I’m always pleased to … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged armchair, Fiduciary, Future World, IGC, inactive, Investor, L&G, LGIM
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