Tag Archives: LGIM

Could workplace defaults give best value for money?

Posted on November 2, 2019 by

The results from our first 100 retirement savers are in and our test group averaged 54/100 on their outcomes. Some of the people who did best are in workplace pensions , including a friend from Port Talbot who has got … Continue reading →

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Auto-enrolled through L&G/Ease – read this.

Posted on December 11, 2018 by

This blog is written for employers and advisers who have used or assisted with the ITM eAsE link to L&G’s workplace savings Plan. You are where you are – here is some context and some thoughts on your position] For … Continue reading →

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L&G – “sometimes it’s better to listen than talk”; home truths from a member.

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

    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 →

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L&G; a smooth operator with an open IGC

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

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 →

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The world of the inactive investor

Posted on September 9, 2017 by

  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 →

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Fund cost disclosure, arrived on Friday – and it’s here to stay. L&G IGC report- 2017

Posted on April 2, 2017 by

We are now well in to the IGC reporting season, where Independent Governance Committees tell us how well the insurers they oversee are behaving. I had had low expectations going into this round, 11 of the key insurers had spent … Continue reading →

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Ignore “bad “; let’s big-up good asset management!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by

The asset management industry will get nowhere trying to defend bad practices. It should be celebrating its success stories. We have good active managers in this country and we have good passive managers, protecting bad practice among bad asset managers … Continue reading →

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Activism over activity – we want effective asset management.

Posted on November 22, 2016 by

Reading the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study, you’d be tempted to give up on active asset management (to be frank you might to give up on investment funds altogether). Daniel Godfrey has a piece in the FT claiming that the … Continue reading →

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Is the Green tide stronger than one man?

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

  In the past few days the Paris Treaty has been ratified. One man, Donald Trump, has threatened to put the short term interests of his country above the longer term interests of the globe. Neither we nor his citizens … Continue reading →

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“Please don’t take your politics into this room” – An evening with @shareactionuk .

Posted on November 2, 2016 by

Well done @ShareActionUK bringing people together #pensionpower pic.twitter.com/gzOtG13JeT — Pension Plowman (@henryhtapper) November 1, 2016   The statement was made by the chair of trustees advised by my friend Nico Aspinall, when Nico advocated a green default for the chair’s mastertrust. The statement … Continue reading →

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