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Tag Archives: NAPF
“Not for profit” – a phrase fast losing any meaning!
Not for profit organisations – what good do they do? All year I have been speaking with institutes and associations from the ABI and IA through the PLSA and PMI to ICAEW, ICAS and ACCA . As soon as you start, you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, PLSA
Tagged auto enrolment, CIPP, for-profit, IA, IMA, NAPF, not for profit, pension playpen, pensions, PLSA, PMI
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“Two nation pensions” – why I can’t make the NAPF this week
There are a number of reasons why I can’t make the NAPF Conference this week I have to talk to accountants , payroll managers and finance directors in London, Birmingham and Slough The conference now costs too much for … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged 20:20 innovation, auto enrolment, Business, CIPP, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, NAPF, Payroll, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Qtac, Retirement
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85 million reasons for change! Why pension tax relief is front page news.
The Daily Express has picked up on the “loophole” caused by the increase in the nil rate band that is denying £85m of pension tax relief at source to part time workers (and the very low paid) in occupational pension … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Government, HMRC, NAPF, net-pay, occupational pensions, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, relief at source, tax relief, Treasury
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Pensioner First
A consistent theme of the pension reforms we have witnessed over the past five years has been a focus on the consumer of pension savings – the pensioner. Set in the wider context of welfare policy, the proposals to re-align … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged ABI. IA, auto enrolment, Business, consumerism, corporate governance, corporate risk, DC outcomes, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, Government demands, LGPS, lobby, NAPF, outcomes, pensioner, Private sector, Retirement, Ros Altmann, social media
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Let’s not get caught with our trousers down (again).
The reason we have NEST and its £400m debt to the tax-payer is that the private sector refused to commit to supporting auto-enrolment ten years ago. If the organisations like Legal & General, Standard Life and Aviva , could have … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, CDC, Pensions Regulator
Tagged ABI, Actuarial science, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, CDC, collective drawdown, dc pensions, decumulation, Drawdown, Employment, Financial services, financial services industry, Government, IA, Mick Mcateer, NAPF, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, Target Pensions
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The tone from the top
Take a close look at the photo above, it’s taken from a Morningstar conference yesterday. The gentleman on the left is asking the question, the women on the right are listening and the gents on the right – well – they’re … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, England, Financial services, MAS, Money Advice Service, NAPF, Pension Wise, pensions, Retirement, social media, TPAS, TPR
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Time to move on?
This election was brutal. Gregg McClymont knew his fate but Steve Webb’s defeat was a shock to us all – sadly electors don’t wear pension goggles. Just as we were resigning ourselves to BAU, David Cameron announced Ros Altmann’s appointment … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged ageing, BBC, change, Conservative, corporate risk, David Cameron, DWP, Government, NAPF, pensions, Ros Altmann, The Pension Regulator, TPR
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Do we need another pension commission? #IRSC
A call for inclusion from the pension elite? The NAPF have launched a call for an Independent Retirement Savings Commission. I went to hear the arguments yesterday morning and came away with a nice booklet but without much more enthusiasm … Continue reading
Care or hubris? – How Tesco got in such a pensions mess.
Every little helps? The right old mess that Tesco has found itself in , is blamed partially on its mishandling of its pension strategy. How can an organisation with the motto “every little counts” have such a large pension deficit? … Continue reading
Posted in Change
Tagged Aldi, art of pensions, atrophication, CDC, change, Deficit, Finest, Google, Leadership, lidl, Morrisons, NAPF, progress, Tesco
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