Tag Archives: Life annuity

Martin Lewis and the “real world”

And if you’ve ever heard Martin on the radio then you’ll know that he is a lot cleverer and does a lot more good than many of us would care to admit.

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The right to screw up your pension

There’s a place in Iceland where the American and European tectonic plates grind together like two sets of molars. At Thingvellir you can smell the sulphur emitting from the fissures where the plates grind and you can peer into the unfathomable … Continue reading

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Worrying times for NEST

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“Buying a Retirement Income” from an RIP

I’m sure the panelled annuitants or Retirement Income Providers (hereafter known as RIPs) are feeling pretty comfortable about life this morning.

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The Pension Play Pen on good DC outcomes

The Pension Regulator has asked us the question and though the questions asked in a rather woolly way, it’s interesting to see what the Regulator it (him?) self considers the main priorities. Appropriate contribution decisions Appropriate investment decisions Efficient effective … Continue reading

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Clearing up a few things about pensions

We may need Superchoice to do our clearing up.

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What we can and cannot do (to provide our staff with better DC pension outcomes)

The Pensions Regulator has challenged us to establish what can practically be done for staff with DC pensions.
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The National Association of Pension Fun

We shall laugh in the face of ministers, doff imaginary trilbies when passing Regulators. Continue reading

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The State can take longevity risk.

There is no evidence that the private sector has found the secret to insuring the cost of people living longer. It has merely found ways of insuring itself against the risks of ruin.
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Top 10 pension strap lines

We need to give pensions a better public image. Some say we should drop the word pensions, we say get real!

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