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Richard Smith is Janus ; he looks forward and backwards.
Richard is nostalgic and far-seeing! Richard is Janus, the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having a double-sided head. Janus presides over the beginning and ending of conflict, and … Continue reading
Richard Smith is Janus ; he looks forward and backwards.
Richard is nostalgic and far-seeing! Richard is Janus, the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having a double-sided head. Janus presides over the beginning and ending of conflict, and … Continue reading
Nest is a collective DC fund in all but name. It will remain the default for most employers.
Nest now has £13bn invested in the UK economy, according its latest annual report which was laid before Parliament today. This is an investment more akin to an open DB Scheme (LGPS or USS) or a CDC scheme aimed to … Continue reading
High finance or hi-jack; how do you feel about Nest’s £1bn venture?
I was at a WTW award giveaway for journalists. Padraig Floyd stood at the back (the freelance journalists) and I listened to Padraig complaining about the hi-jacking of pensions by mandating from the Government (aka Treasury). This is not my … Continue reading
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Tagged alternatives, Mark Fawcett, NEST, Nest Invest, Pensions, Venture Capital
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Things can only get better: for pensions – and for Britain too!
Over the weekend, I have had a number of conversations with friends who find the proposition from Andy Haldane that this Government incentivises “effective investment” into the UK with home-bias taxation. I know that we have not heard the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, CDC, D;REAM, dc pensions, Financial services, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Retirement
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When you’re big like Nest you can make things happen – but is it better to be as nimble as SEI?
Nest’s research has caused a lot of controversy. Financial and Social productivity are top of the pops with bright thinkers like New Capital Consensus and Shared Future . But Nest’s long term view is not something that Nest’s 14m members … Continue reading
Let Jo Cumbo and Nest have this debate in front of 14 million savers!
There are two competing views on how 14 million saver’s should have their money invested. This is a view that accords with the research that Nest commissioned from its members. This is the view of Josephine Cumbo, a longtime friend … Continue reading
Major news from Nest which points to a pensions success.
It is easy to poke fun at consolidation and the establishment of megafunds. It is not easy to create a pension fund that invests nearly a quarter of its assets as Nest does in Britain, in its infrastructure and production. … Continue reading
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Tagged assets, Business, CDC, DWP, Financial services, Government, Long Term Assets, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pensions, Retirement, Scale
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14m Savers can now drawdown their Nest pot; Martin Lewis explains with an Arctic Roll
This news is important to those among the 14m savers who believe they are getting a Nest workplace pension. This from Corporate Adviser. Nest is now able to expand the range of retirement options offered to its 14 million … Continue reading
Are Nest’s low earning customers really wanting to invest for their retirement?
Nest Insight research shows millions more low earners could be investing My guess is that the millions want to save for a pension but not invest for their retirement. I see a lot of enthusiasm among adults in the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, corporate adviser, NEST, NEST insight, Pensions, state pension
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