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Why is WTW’s retirement CDC not getting the thumbs up?
We always need analysis to help us make choices. We are getting a lot from WTW about decumulation CDC and the numbers don’t look anything like 60% better for CDC if you wait to swap your pot for a CDC … Continue reading
Thoughts for Peterborough – Mark Ormston’s “pension town”.
Peterborough is a place that holds much that is good, Retirement Line is a firm as good as any in financial serves, Nest have their UK administration just out of town and my old friends at First Actuarial round the … Continue reading
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An ever more sophisticated annuity purchaser?
Mark Ormston is a superhero There is a great report from the FCA hiding behind Mark’s comments and you can check it out more easily using this link to the FCA website. Mark is modest for his firm , Retirement … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Drawdown, Encashment, mark ormston, Pensions, retirement line, UFPLS
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“Annuities, the least productive way to deliver pensions” – Ros Altmann
Yesterday’s blog which included Mark Ormston’s numbers on the cost of securing the retirement living standards with annuities, got better read than I expected. And it attracted some interesting comments. The blog set out to show just how much it … Continue reading
Mark Ormston on the price of securing “retirement living standards”
When I first read the PLSA’s 2022 update on their “retirement living standards” I queried the cost of securing the balance between a minimum , moderate or comfortable retirement income and what people are likely to get from the state … Continue reading
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Tagged mark ormston, Pensions, PLSA, Retirement Living Standard, state pension, Steve Webb
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Drawdown needs to prove its pudding – as annuities do (PP coffee morning)
Those who missed yesterday’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning can now relive an excellent hour with our catch up service. You can watch a number of recent coffee mornings by logging into http://www.pensionplaypen.com and pressing the media tab. But for … Continue reading
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Are you fearful that your savings will run out before you do?
In Australia, people at retirement have DC pots, there is very little DB and the state pension is means tested. How you draw your DC pot down determines your income in retirement for most Aussie savers. We aren’t there yet, … Continue reading
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“How to spend your pension savings”- Pension PlayPen coffee morning today!
Mark Ormston is threatening to present us with little black dresses and accessories Is he off his rocker? There is only one way to find out. Register here for Mark, the two proffs and Tuesday’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning.
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Learning how to buy pensions.
Mark Ormston who works for Retirement Line has written an excellent blog on linkedin. This is my version of his blog. Are people taking sub-optimal annuity decisions? The figures in the circles are taken from the FCA Retirement income data report … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Indexation, mark ormston, pensions, retirement line
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