We bought our present house more than forty years ago. The newspapers all said "Buy as expensive a house as…
The RF approach is probably close to what Andy Burnham would like to happen, but the mood music at present…
The economic background is challenging and guidance can be found in the recent report The RF report’s key findings are:…
The history of British equity release predates your old boss's comment in 1984 by nearly two decades, Henry. The first…
Tag Archives: NEST
The two choices open to Laura Trott over CDC
In a recent blog I argue that the latest consultation on CDC will not get off the ground. It assumes that CDC has employer support and it assumes that DWP can run multi-employer schemes and decumulation arrangements through TPR’s CDC … Continue reading
Why workplace pensions are so scary
Andy Haldane famously said he didn’t know the first thing about pensions and that has been taken to be a call to action to the pensions industry to bore us all about tax-relief, the advantages of regular saving, starting early … Continue reading
No crocodile tears over falling contributions – please!
In a lachrymose display of virtue signalling, the PMI reports that many employees are either reducing contributions to workplace pensions or thinking of doing so. This is neither surprising or regrettable, people need to take pension holidays from time to … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, auto enrolment, Business, dc pensions, Employment, NEST, pension, Pensions, PMI, Retirement, Steve Webb
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“IF I was a Director “… how Nest can overhaul itself.
Nest is recruiting three non-executive directors to increase the diversity of its Board. This is an opportunity, 12 years in, for Nest to ask fundamental questions about how it can move itself and auto-enrolment along. Diversity of outlook I … Continue reading
Pensioner poverty should be as hot a topic as the weather!
This morning – 25 people are going to wake up and decide whether to go into Central London to attend a meeting on the impact of the cost of living on pensioner poverty. I hope that the majority … Continue reading
Is “drawdown” a viable pension option for Nest’s pensioners?
In my opinion , the answer to that question is no. It is a “no for the USA, for Australia, for the UK and it is a “no” for five reasons To achieve a sustainable advantage over a guaranteed pension … Continue reading
How do master trusts add value for members at retirement?
I shouldn’t be surprised to report on a consultancy looking at how member outcomes could be improved by picking the right workplace pension. But I am. This morning at 11 am, Hymans Robertson are kicking off another round of webinars … 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
When will Nest become a CDC scheme?
Perhaps the most unreported headline of the week, at least for pension nerds like me was Guy Opperman’s prediction , made at an RSA CDC event that Nest would be a CDC scheme by the end of the next parliamentary … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Guy Opperman, master trust, NEST, Pensions, pooled longevity
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Dead pools and blind allies; capital will always stand behind private pensions
I riffed on Tontines here a dozen years ago https://t.co/HRWCp4zNB8 From 2010 my @ISRS_UCL action research has covered mutual legal designs of modern scalable risk, cost, surplus & production sharing agreements. Trust Law is very far from modern: we can … Continue reading
For younger readers, MIRAS was Mortgage Interest Relief at Source. A scheme allowing UK homeowners to receive tax relief on…