Tag Archives: Pay
Why pensions pinch your pay packet
We now know that we are unlikely to get a national pay rise for the rest of the decade. We are worse off in terms of wages than we were ten years ago. What we get paid matters and with … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, economics, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged costs, Pay, pension, Public Sector Pensions, Salary
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Till we know the “money” – shut up about “value”.
I had a number of meeting yesterday culminating in an afternoon spent with members of the Transparency Task Force (TTF), with the FCA and with certain interested observers. I can report the meeting happened and what was said but … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Asset management, assets, Business, charges, costs, Money, Pay, value, Value for Money
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“The re-nationalisation of pensions”
Who pays? – Scheme Pays! Buried deep in the technical pages of HMRC’s pension regulations is reference to a breezy topic “Scheme Pays“. “Scheme Pays” allows an occupational pension scheme to pay a member’s tax bill where the member has … Continue reading
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Tagged George Osborne, Government pensions, Pay, Payroll, pension, scheme pays, Tax, Taxation
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How pensions restrain public sector pay and services.
The latest discussions about how we will manage the nation’s finances are focussing on public sector pay.Nick Clegg tells us that his party will make sure wages would rise in real terms for two years from 2016, and then … Continue reading
How to pay a consultant.
Why this is on my mind Today I’m speaking at a conference for pension consultants which is supposed to be exploring the opportunities for them and for their clients. Looking at their agenda, there is an obvious issue missing “how … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, consultant, pensions, reward
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Consultant, Employment, Feedback, Insurance, Investing, Pay, pensions, Retirement, reward, United States
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How much should I spend on retirement?
People get frightened by this question – they shouldn’t! The simple answer is that we all pay into a national pension scheme through national insurance and you can find out what you’re likely to get from the State we completing … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Debt, journalism, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuarial science, Afford, annuity, Contribute, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Pay, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Save, Spend
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