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Our Stock Exchange has become a bargain takeover market for want of pension money.

Yesterday I questioned why a financial giant a quarter of a century ago (Equitable Life) should be being split up between American finance houses so it can eat up more of our pension schemes and convert pensioner surpluses into secure … Continue reading

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Steve Webb is in the potting shed- helping people get their pots together.

This is one of a number of questions people ask about pensions, which Steve is given the unenviable job of answering. This is his go, I suspect this may be one for the private sector to get on with , … Continue reading

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Women are changing business in London and wider!

Blimey, I am so pleased to read this article and find the liberty this young lady being promoted by a boss at her company. I think back when I was in my twenties and we had no enterprise opportunities of … Continue reading

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Pension Bee’s campaigned for “pot transfers” since the days of Robin Hood

Pension Bee have for nearly 10 years fought the good fight for easier , cheaper and quicker pension pot transfers. Here is the latest version of what started life as the Robin Hood index! Ok – here it is! Broken … Continue reading

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Pension Bee are setting down standards for workplace pensions – help them do it!

There are many things that Pension Bee are doing which are good practice in pensions. I have signed their petition and I hope that you will too. There are hundreds of thousands of people who think of private pensions in … Continue reading

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Pension Bee finds US much the same in New York as London

Oh yes New York consumers are reckoned savvy – they probably think we Londoners are too. But what ties us together is we are stupid and funny! I am a fan of Pension Bee, they are a successful pension company … Continue reading

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Companies need open banking – not LGPS – to offer staff pensions.

Those who read this blog may be supplemented this weekend by people who enjoy fire and brimstone for here is Jnamdoc opening his heart on the need for a pension system that provides pensions to everyone. This is a comment … Continue reading

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No excuse for pension transfer delays – let’s bring back league tables!

Jeff Prestridge, one of our most senior and consumer friendly journalists has been through a hard time bringing his pension pots together as he goes through a divorce. There has been a lot of talk in the past few weeks … Continue reading

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Sessions at Sessions

I find myself wanting to work in a different way. I like to think early in the morning, from 4.30 at my computer dealing with the work that I am doing getting new pension structures off the ground and considering … Continue reading

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Lloyds Bank’s bold step into 21st century pensions

Time for a viewing of the brilliant film “Margin Call”, which starts with the “letting go” of a bank’s risk officer. Lloyds Bank axes risk staff after executives complain they are a ‘blocker’ https://t.co/HKvI7cMbKt via @ft — Bryn Davies (@DaviesofBrixton) … Continue reading

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