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Has Nest detonated an investment big bang?
The Financial Times reports;- Nest, one of the UK’s largest workplace pension schemes, has announced a £1.5bn private equity spending spree in the biggest move by a British retirement scheme into the asset class. The £20bn state-backed pension fund with … Continue reading
When is Nest going to become a pension scheme?
Michael Clark, as usual is on the money Nest sees CDC-style offering as ‘potential option’ for retirees https://t.co/6dMlEDDrwV Well it’s a start. CDC is a very real option and should be seen as such by other DC schemes/master trusts — … Continue reading
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Tagged NEST, nest pensions, pension, Retirement, retirement hub, Stephen Timms, WSPC
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How DC consolidation can benefit DC members
Like Climate Change, Pension Consolidation isn’t something theoretical, it’s happening and at a great pace. I remember when DB transfers were at their peak (2018) people talking about what was to come. It had come and before the regulators … Continue reading
God is on the side of the big batallions
Many readers will have joined their first company with the promise of a “company pension”. If you can admit that was before the turn of the last century, that typically meant a promise of a wage for life in … Continue reading
What will popular reaction be to Nest going green?
In a recent poll by YouGov carried out a survey of 1,183 pension savers conducted by last July. It found that almost two-thirds of respondents thought their retirement scheme should invest in a way that reduced the damaging impact of … Continue reading
Nest sees strong saving through the pandemic – why not?
A tricky course to navigate. Whatever is written about pension saving over the past 12 months needs to written in pencil, with the option to rub-out and replace where offence is incurred. That’s because generalizations about people’s capacity to save … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, DWP, Financial services, NEST, Pandemic, pension, pension saving, Pensions, Retirement
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The death of Sir John Hills; the “quiet man” of the Pension Commission
The death has been reported of Sir John Hills, this is a sad loss. John Hills was a professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Co-Director of the new International Inequalities Institute, and … Continue reading
Consumers mustn’t pay to clean up the FCA’s mess.
This is a post from Gina Miller on Linked in. It poses a question about accountability The Gloster Report into #LCF is a damning indictment of failures at the FCA – Whilst my blood boils on behalf of millions of victims … Continue reading
Michael Johnson challenges the Nest Sidecar (Jars) project
The Nest Sidecar project (now renamed “Jars”) has been sponsored by a number of leading financial services companies and some major employers (including Timpsons and BT). This blog is an open letter to the Nest management from Michael Johnson, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Helen Dean, Jars, Michael Johnson, NEST, pension, Pensions, Sidecar
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