Tag Archives: Money

Mr Field – you want a common measure for value for money? I’ve got one!

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

In the Work and Pension Select Committee’s report on pension transparency, one demand has caught the imagination of the pension community You can read Kim Kaveh’s excellent article here. Professional Pensions ran the question on its Pension Buzz survey and … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Young people thinking about money

Posted on October 28, 2018 by

I’ve been asked to pontificate on how we should make pensions relevant for the young, in 750 words. My audience won’t be young and nor am I. In every sense of the word, this is a paternalistic project. If I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Simplifying pensions with AgeWage

Posted on October 13, 2018 by

A number of people have asked about “AgeWage”, so I thought to write an article introducing it and why I and our management team are so excited about what it will do. A good business plan should start with a … Continue reading →

Posted in age wage, pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Helping older people with money

Posted on September 22, 2017 by

  I’m pleased to see the FCA publishing a paper on the particular problems older people  have with financial services, I haven’t read it all , only the summary (which I can summarise as the paper does)! The summary rightly … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

“Ease of use” or “value for money”?

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Paul Lewis, above all other financial journalists is the master of the 140 character tweet. Here is one of his very best, embedded in a conversation with Louise Cooper. The genius is in the “compete mainly on rhetoric and ease … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Strong on “money”- weak on “value”; the FCA and asset management.

Posted on November 20, 2016 by

if we believe that asset managers can materially improve the markets whose assets they manage, we need to understand how. Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Allardyce- a fan’s eye’s view.

Posted on September 28, 2016 by

“Money corrupts and wads corrupt absolutely” – anonymous football fan – last night.   I heard about Sam Allardyce’s departure from the England Manager’s job while watching Cambridge United beat Yeovil Town in a Tuesday night league 2 fixture at … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions, Yeovil Town | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Is “too much” money the root of all evil?

Posted on August 28, 2016 by

I had a very odd conversation with my partner last night while watching the Human League at Windsor racecourse – hooray! The Human League are nothing to do with this blog though I now discover they suffered from having too … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Till we know the “money” – shut up about “value”.

Posted on May 17, 2016 by

  I had a number of meeting yesterday culminating in an afternoon spent with members of the Transparency Task Force (TTF), with the FCA and with certain interested observers. I can report the meeting happened and what was said but … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Pensions Regulator | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Search and Stewardship” – all that we want from asset managers

Posted on December 3, 2015 by

  I spent yesterday morning listening to John Kay talk about the ideas behind his new book “Other people’s Money”. The big idea is that the UK asset management industry spends too much time talking to itself and not enough … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments