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Tag Archives: Pension Freedoms
A Pension Food Bank for the DC saver
Ok – so it’s not a big news week for pensions , but well done Jack Gilbert of Citywire’s New Model Adviser for getting a meet with Frank Field, and well reported on what I can only call a “welcome … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged new model adviser, Pension Freedoms, pensions, The Pensions Regulator
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Cridland and the price of state dependency
John Cridland’s consultation report into the state pension age, commissioned by Ros Altmann and delivered today, does not say quite what the modernisers wanted it to. Accelerated pension ages and the scrapping of the triple lock deliver a double … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, pensions
Tagged Cridland, dependency, John Cridland, pension, Pension Freedoms, pensions freedom, Personal Finance, Taxation
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Why we are all regulators
A regulator is generally a device that maintains a designated characteristic in a system. In a financial sense, it ensures that the rules that govern our dealings are understood, maintained and enforced. We have regulation because we value a system … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Blogging, pensions
Tagged Angie Brooks, Christopher Lean, DB, liberation fraud, Pension Freedoms, scams
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Are defaults enough? Or do we need compulsion?
Well I’m back from 10 days in India where I saw the very rich and the very poor but not much in the middle. I saw some very fine architecture which showed me what can be done when people … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged CDC, Drawdown, Freedoms, ft, josephine cumbo, Pension Freedoms, pensions
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Is there any “challenge” to this Pension Dashboard?
I was invited yesterday to the Treasury’s “Challenge Panel” , held to discuss the proposals for the pensions dashboard, a prototype of which will emerge next month. Actually, I wasn’t invited – I went in someone else’s place. I went … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged ABI, challenge panel, Empowerment, HM Treasury, Pension Dashboard, Pension Freedoms, Treasury
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Long term sustainability of DB schemes (First Actuarial bulletin)
First Actuarial publish bulletins helping staff, clients and the wider markets to understand what’s going on. This is the 31st October bulletin. If you’d like to subscribe to this bulletin we will put you on our mailing list – please … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged DB, defined benefits, first actuarial, Pension Freedoms, Pension increases, PLSA, Technology
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Please don’t die-I was enjoying your annuity!
News that Government has finally put the Secondary Annuity Market down is no surprise. It was one of Steve Webb’s worst ideas and has proved about as popular as Osborne. Economically, the creation of a market in annuities is a … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, pensions
Tagged CDC, John Ralfe, pension, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Ros Altmann, secondary annuity, Steve Webb
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Floundering in the dark – the PP DC Conference
De profundis It was a beautiful day and it was a great hotel. But I left the Professional Pensions Defined Contribution Conference profoundly depressed. Perhaps I needed lux in tenebris (see the progress that is being made elsewhere). The problems created … Continue reading
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Tagged blockchain, CDC, dc, Defined Contribution, Freedom, IGC, Pension Freedoms, PP Conference
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Good retirement outcomes depend on collective solutions
The FCA have called for evidence on the likely success of our current “at retirement” strategy, this response is consistent with what this blog has been saying for some years, collective problems need collective solutions, the market is not enough, … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, FCA, pensions
Tagged CDC, collective, Drawdown, FCA, Pension Freedoms, Pension Wise, pensions, Retirement, robo-advice, TPAS, unadvised drawdown
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A state of funk! Occupational DC and the pension freedoms.
The Pensions Regulator has published an excellent paper outlining the current position of occupational pension schemes towards providing their members with pension freedoms. You can read it here and for its clear language, well developed argument and comprehensive understanding of the … Continue reading
