Tag Archives: Nausicaa Delfas

TPR’s CEO estimates a decade for workplace saving to move back to pensions

  This is the Pension Regulator’s speech. It has a summary of  what the  CEO intended to be understood.  This summary has come from artificial intelligence. I doubt that any human was involved for it is nothing but cliches and … Continue reading

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Could actuaries have had a better balanced address?

I must admit I wrote to Nausicaa Delfas to thank her for her speech. It is the first time I’ve heard the Pensions Regulator speak of CDC as a (let alone the) way forward. But I feel bound to give … Continue reading

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Torsten – have a word with Nausicaa about how your pension is invested!

The story of how the MP’s DB pension is even less invested in UK growth stocks than the average private sector UK pension has been knocking around a few days and I’ve been trying to stay out of its way … Continue reading

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Does the Pension Bill give schemes the “pieces” to run on?

  Brightwell ran a webinar yesterday morning, sadly I was called to hospital and could not attend but I hear that the overwhelming view of schemes was that they wanted to stay open rather than hand on the rights to … Continue reading

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Pensions Investment Reform in the Pension Regulator’s own words

If the Pensions Regulator published its response to the Treasury’s Pension Investment Review, it would , we can reasonably suppose, be along the lines of Nausicaa Delfas’ speech yesterday. Billed by Professional Pensions as a call to improved investment governance, … Continue reading

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Is spring in the air at TPR – (an organisational announcement that prompts three questions).

It’s encouraging to read that the Pensions Regulator is reorganising. The Pensions Regulator makes strategic shift in its oversight of the workplace pensions market But there are questions we should be asking about the “strategic shift” and these three come … Continue reading

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TPR’s new broom wins hearts and minds at WPC

I’m afraid it’s not newsworthy – so will carry little coverage – but the session of the Work and Pensions Committee involving Nausicaa Delfas, Neil Bull and Louise Davey passed off without any great drama and the three people giving … Continue reading

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“Now is the time” – TPR and HMT in lockstep on pension reform

Change is coming – we must grasp this opportunity in savers’ interests In this blog , republished with the personal permission of Nausicaa Delfas, TPR reaffirms a statement made by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt that “now is the time” to embrace … Continue reading

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TPR finally finds its feet on DC pensions

I reported yesterday on the excellent PPI report on how countries around the world are getting on turning DC pots to pensions. (summary, not very well – especially the USA). I’ve also written this week on the widening gap between … Continue reading

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TPR has a new mindset. Get with it or get out.

Jo Cumbo’s meeting with Nausicaa Delfas This interview  is the clearest evidence yet that there is a new mindset within TPR. Because I don’t have enough free links to offer direct access , I will share a PDF of Jo’s … Continue reading

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