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A new pension deal
A NEW PENSIONS DEAL – NOT A NEW KIND OF ISA There is only one thing that distinguishes a pension plan from an ISA plan and that is liquidity. By “liquidity”, I mean the ease with which the plan holder can … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuarial science, auto enrolment, Business and Economy, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, HMRC, Michael Johnson, National Employment Savings Trust, new deal, Pension Plan, pension plans, Pension taxation, pensions, Tax, Treasury
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We had it coming!
I haven’t read the reaction of the pension hierarchy to the Treasury’s consultation on the future of pension tax relief – I don’t have to. Steve Bee’s tweet “I don’t want to spend the rest of my time on this … Continue reading
Source Pensions – a tough lesson for auto-enrolment.
Over the weekend , the Telegraph published a story about Source Pensions . In the article it correctly claims that many pension savers have been automatically enrolled into illegal schemes. Source Pensions admit this is “regrettable”, I agree, You can read … Continue reading
Helen Dean – the right person for the NEST top job.
Helen Dean’s appointment as the new CEO of NEST , seems to have been greeted with a stifled yawn by the Pensions Press. Helen has the lowest of profiles, no social media presence, hardly a speaking engagement and a declaration … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Personal Accounts
Tagged AE, art of pensions, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Helen Dean, Lesley Titcombe, Minister, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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How interoperable are you?
One of the Friends of Auto-Enrolment’s groups is called the interoperability task-force. I think Andy Agethangelou makes these names up so his name seems short by comparison. “Interoperability” is a concept I haven’t come across before, but like a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Andy Agethangelou, auto enrolment, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, FofAE, Friends of Auto-Enrolment, interoperability, interoperable, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, the Friends of Auto-Enrolment
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Bad practice or malpractice?
Johnson hath spoken! Michael is one of the few people who owes the financial services industry nothing. His voice is independent and trustworthy and his latest contribution to the debate on how we fund our retirement is welcome Pensions are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad practice, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Financial services, financial services industry, governance, malpractice, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, workplace Pensions
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The lady’s not for turning.
For reasons that weren’t particularly obvious , a random group crammed into a much too small committee room in the House of Lords on Wednesday night for a round table with the new pensions minister. It was a hot day that … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Government, House of Lords, National Employment Savings Trust, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Society
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The value of guaranteed annuity rates
The affable , cricket loving chief executive of Royal London- Phil Loney- has written to Ros Altmann thus;- Dear Ros Congratulations on your Maiden Speech. It is pleasing to hear such a positive advocate for pensions. I was particular pleased … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, dc pensions, Employment, GAR, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pension freedom, Phil Loney
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MoneyHub – financial education’s future?
I met yesterday with Toby Hughes, CEO of MoneyHub, one of the very few people in financial services who I could properly call visionary. Like most visionaries, his big idea is very simple. He and his CTO Dave Toge talked … Continue reading
Identifying your auto-enrolment workers! Great guest blog by Karen Prince
This month sees the start of the final stage of auto-enrolment in the UK for more than 1.2 million employers. This last stage affects small and medium enterprises employing less than 30 staff. By April 2017, all businesses, including those … Continue reading