Tag Archives: NEST insight
“Pension + house owning!” Nest Insight – meet Hymans Robertson.
Thanks Nest Insight for addressing one of the biggest questions for young people working out how to prioritise their spare cash. Hymans Robertson excellent report has sensible suggestions on how youngsters wanting a pension to help them buy a house, … Continue reading
Pensions and personal poverty; action needed now.
Let’s think about the question in this headline and the date it was asked. On the date of publication Savers and those spending their retirement savings were facing a hike in fuel bills and inflation reckoned by PWC to be … Continue reading
SUEZ – harnessing payroll’s power for good.
I have written before about SUEZ’s can-do attitude to solving their worker’s financial problems. We are currently engaged with Michelle Sutton in helping staff get to know their workplace pension and use it to improve the outcomes of their … Continue reading
Why are the self-employed not using (Nest) pensions?
Nest Insight ran another seminar today – the title was “How has Covid-19 impacted self-employed people” but the question on my and the panelists lips was – “why aren’t the self-employed, using pensions?” This article looks at how the self-employed … Continue reading
If the poor can’t save in this pandemic, when can they save?
Yesterday I wrote about Nest Insight’s sidecar savings project (now mysteriously called “Jars”). The article caught the eye of Michael Johnson who graphically reminded me of the most effective means ever of increasing the savings ratio. So – covering … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage
Tagged Jars, Michael Johnson, NEST insight, OECD, Pensions, Sidecar
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Financial Planning – a minority sport.
“Financial planning is a minority sport for the wealthy” – @henryhtapper @NESTInsight pic.twitter.com/HVS0EMlWHt — Talya Misiri (@Talya_PA) July 5, 2017 It was fun debating with Debate Mate and Tom McPhail – who is great mate! A sense of … Continue reading
“Feed and skim” – how NEST want to help the low-paid save more.
Thanks to NEST and their think-tank NEST Insight for a scorching day on top of the National Theatre which yielded some real thought leadership. Delighted as I was to lock horns with some very bright students (and Tom McPhail) in … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, feed and skim, NEST, NEST insight, pensions
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Is NEST best?
Back-slapping all round NEST launched its third Insight into the state of the UK auto-enrolment project yesterday. This was a land grab for AE glory. At the front of the pack was Joanne Segars whose NAPF hosted the event. Hopefully … Continue reading