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Tag Archives: NEST
Could workplace defaults give best value for money?
The results from our first 100 retirement savers are in and our test group averaged 54/100 on their outcomes. Some of the people who did best are in workplace pensions , including a friend from Port Talbot who has got … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, Aviva, LGIM, NEST, pension funds
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“CDC could solve freedoms issue”-Boulding
Scanning the depressing progression of fake news on my linked in timeline, my eye was caught by a very odd post indeed. There’s a lot going on here and I decided to probe the link to what Adrian is saying. … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, age wage, CDC, pensions
Tagged CDC, NEST, NOW Pensions, pensions, People's Pension, Salvus, Smart
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NEST, technology and personalisation
I really admire this Rowlands chap. I’ve know him for the best part of 30 years and in all that time he has never been anything but a gent. He’s now a Director at NEST and I urge you to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, dc pensions, DWP, FCA, Financial Education, NEST, pensions
Tagged Engagement, Mark Rowlands, NEST, pension, pensions, Technology
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NEST’s Sidecar Savings Project
The low-paid in this country are not well served by pensions. So NEST Insight’s Sidecar Initiative should be welcome. In November it launched its sidecar savings trial and announced which organisations will take part in the research. Whether those the … Continue reading
How green is my workplace pension?
I hadn’t thought of Grant Thornton as thought leaders in pensions. On Friday I met with an old friend – Sandy Trust to talk about value for money. Well that’s what I thought we’d talk about- but Sandy – canny … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Aviva, Grant Thornton, L&G, NEST, NOW, pensions, People's Pension, Sandy Trust
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Investment for beginners?
Perhaps because I’m paying him to, my 20 year old is paying some attention to where his pension is being invested. I say “is”, but our first contribution to his workplace pension is awaiting his opt-in. Meanwhile he’s asking – … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, NEST, pensions
Tagged Fund, Mark Fawcett, NEST, pensions
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Will “DC deficits” become a thing of the past?
News of HMRC’s “change of position” with regards the “net-pay- anomaly” is welcome, and long overdue. It came in the form of a letter sent in response to a request from respected journalist Jo Cumbo of the FT. Govt to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged AE, auto enrolment, ft, jo cumbo, NEST, net-pay, pensions
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Are you and your savings “retirement ready”?
I’m getting fit, which is a long way off saying “I’m fit” in any sense of the words. But just getting rid of the first few pounds has put me in a much better frame of mind. Many of us … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, AgeWage, IFA, NEST, pensions, retrirement ready, workplace pension
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Pots follow meerkats?
We all know the problem but it was well put in a recent NOW pensions press release. “There has been a stratospheric rise in pension saving since the introduction of auto enrolment. The ONS data shows that active membership of … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, BGL, Compare the Market, CTM, Mr Money, NEST, NOW Pensions, pensions, Peoples, Sun
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Workplace pensions – value for money?
This is the second of eight blogs answering the questions set out in the Work and Pension Select’s inquiry into transparency in pensions. The idea is that this blog, together with comments from anyone who chooses, will go to … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, FCA, IGC, NEST, People's Pension, TPR, trust, workplace Pensions
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