As I have mentioned in past posts, median tenure of American workers has been less than 5 years for the…
Couldn't agree with you more, Henry. The unthinking suggestion that the need to improve the adequacy of retirement income results…
At the EPFIF Trustee Circle last week, a speaker from a leading investment manager talked about the "gamblification" of the…
I've got six old workplace pots scattered around and honestly the admin of merging them has put me off for…
Tag Archives: Neil Walsh
Quite a discussion of how a trade union embraces CDC. Watch the session – it’s good!
It was quite a pension playpen coffee morning. Sit down in your chair in your drawing room, kitchen, the train, bus or the car (if you aren’t driving). Press the command on the YouTube and sit back This is a … Continue reading
Unions – what’s happening with pensions? Neil Walsh explains CDC’s impact on Prospect – 10.30 this morning
This from the Government on “The future of CDC” The initial impetus for CDC has come from a large employer and a major trade union seeking an alternative pension model. But establishing CDC schemes opens the possibility of more diverse … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, CDC, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Neil Walsh, pension, Pensions, Prospect, Retirement, Targe, TPR
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Tomorrow ; progress from DC to CDC with the unions! Invitation inside!
I’m very pleased that we have Neil Walsh of Prospect at the Pension PlayPen at 10.30 am tomorrow (Tuesday 21st July). We will discuss how unions are getting to grips with CDC as a way forward to what are currently … Continue reading
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Come and debate the future of DC with the Prospect union.
We will discuss how unions are getting to grips with CDC as a way forward to what are currently DC workplace pensions. The event is at 10.30 am on Tuesday 21st July. You can get into the meeting on this … Continue reading
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How do unions feel about CDC?
What we were used to – no longer available to workers in the private sector Since the collapse of Defined Benefit pensions first for new joiners and soon after for further accrual by those already members, the unions have fallen … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, CDC, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Neil Walsh, pension, Pensions, Prospect, Retirement, TPR
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Why was a fringe meeting packed-out for a new pension?
I have to admit to expecting to talk to an empty room. There were over a hundred chairs laid out when I arrived at a Brighton Conference Centre lunchtime meeting on a new pension called CDC. Within a couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Christine Daniell, Neil Walsh, Pensions, Prospect, Prospect Union, Sue Ferns, Terry Pullinger, Wage in retirement
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What Reform UK could do to women’s pensions
A Pension Time-Bomb if you’re the wrong side of the pension gender gap I have published details of the work that Prospect Union have done and are doing to narrow the pensions gap. I am pleased that I can follow … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Advisor, Emma Simon, LGPS, Neil Walsh, Pension gender gap, Prospect Union
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Thoughts on the sustainability of public pensions
Two respected minds say this on “pensions”. First a former Trustee. derekscott1 says: April 2, 2026 at 7.32 I was with the union view until I read the part that says “The Office for Budget Responsibility has been clear that public … Continue reading
Why unions should take CDC to employers and their under pensioned members
A large part of the British workforce have trade unions working for them to provide them with decent conditions at work, pay for work and benefits when work ends and retirement begins. We had in unionised companies a DB culture … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, David Pitt-Watson, Jackl Jones, Neil Walsh, Pensions, TUC, unions
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When a youngster in our extended family emigrated he consolidated his DC pensions into just two - easy enough to…