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Champagne down the drain

Many thanks to those who came, and those who wanted to come but couldn’t – not the easiest of days to get about.

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How much volatility can we take? Pension Play Pen Lunch Sept 5th 2011

James Smith- First Actuarial Ben Mulroney– mallowstreet Jenny Kreser – Silverman Sherliker Mark Benfold  Railway Pension Scheme Malcolm Delahaye – Supertrust Jennny Yeo  – Affiliate Managers Paull Chapple -Close Brothers Jeroen Wilbrink – Partner at SECOR Asset Management Thornton Wells  – Mattioli Woods Michael Clarke -Capita … Continue reading

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When we make company pensions compulsory..

My point is that the pensions industry has a once off opportunity to get it right, this is our London Olympics and while we need to have our heads down making sure the infrastructure to make this work is in place, we should take a little time out to celebrate the fact that this “new day” is but a year away (M &S will be auto-enroling this time next year).

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Paul Bradshaw – champagne please!

Paul Bradshaw – the man behind Skandia and latterly Nucleus, Annuity Direct and a number of similar advisory ventures is a canny man-   it was not for nothing that he offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could truly claim to offer independent … Continue reading

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Worrying times for NEST

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Social entrepreneurs and pension leaders ; Robert and Dawid

Some talk about it, some tweet about it and some do it. Robert and Dawid, my friends who run Redington and Mallowstreet do all three! It’s one thing to muse on instigating best practice into pension scheme management, it’s another to … Continue reading

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Hey- You – Get onto the cloud

If you’ve been reading last week’s blogs you may have spotted a plan developing. I’m certain that collective DC is the way forward for all but a small minority of us who will be drawing on funded pensions. I’m certain … Continue reading

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Should’ve gone to mallowstreet.

Well you should’ve, 18th May 2011. Red letter day for conferences. In one day; The pension minister opens up on equal pensions for women, NEST, AE, short service refunds and adequacy.  James Cameron delivers a keynote address on climate change … Continue reading

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Wake up and swipe the coffee (#pensions folk)

My son uses barcode apps and taught me over the weekend . It’s time we woke up and swiped our coffee- literally and metaphorically.
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Is personality an unrewarded risk?

Face it – I am your unrewarded risk.
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