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Can I opt-out of my pension? Nest says yes (before 85)
Amidst the noise about savings for the pensions and the damp squib of a Mansion House speech by the Chancellor, I have been thinking about what the workplace pension is about. For many people, the money they have in workplace … Continue reading
NI , Selfies, Sidecars – here are some questions on “adequacy”
I have some friends who have worked in Government, in the Treasury and DWP and who understand state first and second pensions better than me. There are many in the private sector , such as Steve Groves, who are … Continue reading
Some alternative ideas to excite workplace pensions!
I have been looking at my diary over the past two weeks and the week to come and I find all the excitement has come and is coming from meetings with the author if SeLFIES, the folk down at Nest … Continue reading
“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
Opt-out payroll savings – easier to save.
Jo Phillips Director of Research and Innovation, Nest Insight After over 3 years of research, analysing over 1 million admin data points, 4 big surveys and hours of in depth interviews, I am so proud to have published the full … Continue reading
Enjoying doing your drawdown? “Flex and fix” is scary right now.
In a recent talk with the IFS, Paul Todd, COO of Nest, explained that Nest’s long term ambition is to pay pensions without putting at risk the pension. Only the increases payable on pensions in payment might not be paid … Continue reading
Defending the defenceless is ethical; the money’s in my pension fund!
The FT, like the Telegraph, are keen to talk up the adamant attitude of People’s Pension and Nest to run ethical funds that do not invest in defence stocks. This despite calls from 100 Labour MPs to increase fund investment … Continue reading
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Would you swap your Nest pot for some more state pension?
It’s amazing how excited these people got when they found their Nest Pension was working for them I would like to see Nest line up with the DWP and Treasury to allow those with a Nest pot to swap … Continue reading
David Fairs sees a brave new world of DC mega-funds.
David Fairs is on this week’s VFM podcast and like Sarah Smart he arrived with an agenda that related to pensions, this meant talking about the pension funding question that he’d wrestled with while at the Pensions Regulator and … Continue reading
Is People’s now a “fully agile internal manager” of our savings?
Toby Nangle is a good guy, he comes from the investment community and he’s trying to turn People’s Partnership and other savings organisations into the kind of investment houses that make for happy Chancellors. This report is from Pension Age … Continue reading
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