Tag Archives: Martyn Lewis
Four ways for financial advisers to open for change
The self-referencing loop Caught in a self-referencing loop, the debate about how financial advice can involve seems doomed to repeat itself indefinitely. Last night I listened to four experts (who weren’t practicing financial advisers) discuss for 90 minutes how financial … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Financial Technology, Martyn Lewis, open finance, open money, Technology
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Why there’s no pension aisle in the MoneySupermarket (pt 94)_
Martyn Lewis spoke at the PLSA virtual conference yesterday. It’s not easy to see how many were listening but I was as his contributions to the world of pension provision, though few, are valued. Speaking from home, Lewis explained the … Continue reading
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Tagged Martyn Lewis, Money Supermarket, MSM, Pension Aisle, Pensions, PLSA
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NAPF Conference Report (from our man not on the spot)
My attempt to create a one man fringe event at the NAPF was short-lived and I spent the majority of the past 48 hours ensconced in various coffee shops and bars listening to Conference Reports from playpen cronies. The feedback … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, de-risking, napf, NEST
Tagged Brussels, Gregg McClymont, Jenny Davidson, Martyn Lewis, NAPF, Paul Lambert, pension, Steve Webb
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Pensions crisis: one in 10 forced to delay retirement
Pummeting annuity rates and poor investment returns means thousands cannot afford to stop work. One in 10 of those due to retire this year will delay taking their pension, as a combination of plummeting annuity rates and poor investment … Continue reading
That ETV debate in full
Sometimes people’s comments on blogs are more interesting than the blog itself- this is certainly the case in a blog I wrote last week on “Enhanced Transfer Values” the thrust of which is that there are better ways to de-rsik defined benefit pension plans than by giving members cash bungs to transfer out theirguaranteed rights.
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Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen
Tagged annuity, Cash, Daily Mail, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Economics, Human Resources, KPMG, linkedin, Martyn Lewis, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Peter, Peter Flanagan, Wonga.com
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Could we find a truly independent financial adviser?
The Playpen met for lunch as they do every first Monday of the month to discuss a question posed to us by Paul Bradshaw- serial entrepreneur and the inventor (according to Alan Smith) of the £50,000 pa PEP. In attendance Bill … Continue reading
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
Posted in mallowstreet, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Champagne, Chardonnay, France, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, linked in, mallowstreet, Martyn Lewis, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Pinot noir, Skandia
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