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TPR/FCA and Government – shining light on value for money
TPR’s Corporate Plan for the next three years is for the most part solid and uncontroversial. Where it extends beyond the 2020 plan is in a long section on value for money which I have quoted in full below. The … Continue reading
Death by discount rates
Q: When is a million dollars not a million dollars? A: When it is not yet a million dollars. The pensions business is all about the long term. Fund managers like me are responsible for ensuring we have sufficient funds … Continue reading
For workplace pensions value for money means……..
One of the questions in the FCA’s consultation on value for money is whether its definition is ok or whether we can find a better one. This is our definition Pension value for money’s measured by the amount … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Value for Money
Tagged Costs and charges, FCA, IGC, Money, Service, value, Value for Money, VFM
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Aviva’s IGC – more effective than its report suggests
Aviva’s IGC has turned up and you can preview it here (it launches properly Monday) It’s available as a PDF you can download here or you can read a digital version Having read both, I’d suggest that the PDF works … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, auto-enrolment, IGC, pensions
Tagged Aviva, Colin richardson, digital, IGC, Investment, Money, Risk, value
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The price of everything , the value of nothing.
Knowing the price of investment management does not mean you know its value. Unfortunately the outcome of an investment can only be known retrospectively. Turning this on its head, past performance may not be a guide to a future , … Continue reading
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Tagged Money, pensions, Profile Pensions, value, Value for Money, VFM
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Mr Field – you want a common measure for value for money? I’ve got one!
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
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Tagged AgeWage, Frank Field, Money, Transparency, value, Value for Money, VFM, Work and Pensions Select Committee, WPC
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Young people thinking about money
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
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Tagged AgeWage, Iona Bain, Money, pensions, Technology, Young money
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Simplifying pensions with AgeWage
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
Helping older people with money
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
“Ease of use” or “value for money”?
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
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Tagged charges, costs, Money, pension, SJP, St James Place, value, Value for Money
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