Tag Archives: Longevity
Any questions on the Guidance Guarantee?
This blog is about a conversation I had with the Pension Advisory Service. Following it I promised to feed back questions to TPAS about the Guidance Guarantee. The blog contains questions I want asking , some background on TPAS and … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Guidance, happiness, Retirement
Tagged Business, Drawdown, Financial services, Guidance, Guidance Guarantee, long term care, Longevity, Michelle Crackneell, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Risk, Tax, TPAS
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The new consensus on when we can retire
It is only a matter of time for sponsors to have their Damascan moment and suggest to their trustees that a flexible retirement age is equally applicable to working practices and the payment of pensions Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged ageing, Government, Local government pensions, Longevity, Paul Sweeting, pensions, Retirement age
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We need to do something about annuities
There is something fundamentally wrong with the annuity market that needs to be fixed Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions
Tagged 401k, ageing, annuities, compulsory, conservative manifesto, dc pensions, LDI, liberal manifesto, Longevity, Noel Fitzgerald, obama, pension, pensioners
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The divine comedy (a pensions joke)
“What’s going on , Regulator?” asked God. “Haven’t we got any of this lot into paradise yet?” Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Retirement
Tagged God, hell, Longevity, paradise, Pension new, pensions, ppf, Retirement, The Pension Regulator, trustees
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The CEO and the janitor
They don’t get it, they don’t trust you, they think you are pulling the wool over their eyes. Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Retirement
Tagged ageing, CEO, corporate risk, defined benefit, Defined Contribution, janitor, LDI, Longevity, pension, pensioners, pensions, Retirement, vegetables
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Public sector pension debt
How long before the ratings agencies catch up with us and require us to take action over our public sector pension debt? Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Treasury
Tagged ageing, Corin Taylor, Employment, finance, Government, Greece, IOD, Labour, Local government pensions, Longevity, pension, pensioners, pensions, Private sector, public sector, Retirement age, Salary, Treasury
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Enhanced transfer values-is there a middle way?
There’s a lot of talk about “risk sharing” between employers and members of DB pension schemes. “Risk sharing” has become a euphemism for booting members out of the pension scheme- a middle way is needed. Continue reading
Posted in de-risking, pensions, Retirement
Tagged ageing, corporate risk, de-risking, enhanced transfer values, ETVs, finance, Longevity, pensioners, pensions, Retirement
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What’s my “NEST” egg going to be worth?
While we continue to debate what a national savings scheme should be called, pensioners continue to shiver and the nation is no closer to a pensions solution for lower earners than when stakeholder pensions were first mooted 14 years ago. Continue reading
I like annuities but I’m worried..
Imagine it- the prospect of a 15-20% pay cut for the rest of my life and all because the Government changed the rules. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement, Treasury
Tagged ageing, annuiteis, annuity, Bank, bulk annuities, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, Fiduciary Management, gilts, Local government pensions, Longevity, longevity bonds, Pension new, Pension Pound, pension pounds, Pensions, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement, Treasury, UK Treasury
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Why are people not worried about living for ever?
In a recent article, Brian Spence identifies “a potential gap between the income needed and the actual pension income immediately after retirement followed by a period when an increasing element of disability results in a lower income requirement but also … Continue reading
Tagged 1, brian spence, disability, long term care, Longevity, pensioners, pensions
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