Tag Archives: Pension Freedoms
Get behind Pension Wise
I am not saying this because I agree with everything that is going on, or even with everything that friends like Michelle Cracknell are saying, but because if we continue to talk Pension Wise down, we do it and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Michelle Cracknell, Pension Freedoms, Pension Wise, runaway train
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Will pension freedoms be the death of Defined Benefit?
I thought it was the last supper (or at least the last pension playpen lunch). We had twelve men around the table (no women) and there was sombre expectation as we considered the impact small changes in tax legislation … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Con Keating, dc pensions, defined benefit, defined benefit pension, Defined Contribution, Freedoms, Government, last supper, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, ppf, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, state pension, Steve Webb
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Let my money go!
I woke up to news that the Pension Play Pen RBS bank account can now be accessed by my iphone using fingertip security. Apparently mobile technology has outwitted clunky old pc technology which makes my thumb all that stands between … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank, digital, fingerprint recognition, I phone, Insurane, pension, Pension Freedoms, Security, Touchscreen
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“what should tell the staff?” Pension PlayPen Lunch today!
Every first business Monday of the month, the Pension Play Pen Linked In group meet in the Partners Room of the Counting House in Cornhill to discuss pressing issues of the day. True to form, we meet today (Monday … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, Employment, financial education, Financial services, Guidance, Mark Scantlebury, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Wise, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Steve Webb, workplace
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What should employers do about pensions?
Employers pay pensions – don’t they? It’s baked into the DNA of Government social policy that a part of the welfare system is managed by employers prepared to fund an employee benefit that provides a certain income in retirement. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate risk, dc, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Defined Contribution, DWP, employer, Employment, Freedoms, Government, Insurance, Money, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, Work
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How competitive is our private pension system?
We are three months away from the launch of the new pension freedoms and not much is happening. There ain’t nothing shaking but the leaves on the trees! NEST has issued a lengthy consultation on what it should … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, art of pensions, bank accounts, Business, CDC, competition, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, FCA, Fidelity, Freedoms, Government, Guidance, Insurance, Insurers, L&G, Laura Perks- Art, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pendragon, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, simon freeman, Standard Life, Steve Webb, TPAS, Treasury, trees, Zurich
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All I want is easy access (baby)!
Easy Action When Marc Bolan wrote Solid Gold Easy Action in 1972, it was a smash hit , I was ten and I spent my savings to buy it But I can’t get no satisfaction All I want is easy action, … Continue reading
“An idealogical inexactitude” – A guest blog by Eamonn O’Connor
As the election season is in full swing, some reflections on the ideological conflict inherent in the pension changes in the air for 2015. From April, we will see the abolition of compulsory annuity purchase and, with it, the introduction … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, CDC, city noble, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Eamonn O'Connor, Financial services, NEST, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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The year pensions became real again
Pensions – real money Pension money is real money. It belongs to real people and is used to pay real bills, putting fuel into cars, buying flowers in supermarkets and paying for tickets to watch shows and sports matches. … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic State Pension, Business, DWP, Employment, Financial services, George Osborne, National Employment Savings Trust, National Insurance, national insurance contributions, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, pension rights, pensions, Retirement, stakeholder pensions, state pension, Steve Webb
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Hope yet for AonHewitt
I oughtn’t to like Aon. Weirdly I do;- but in the kind of way that google likes the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Aon is an American owned consultancy that feeds the insatiable maw of Man United, it is becoming a fiduciary manager … Continue reading
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Tagged Aon, aonhewitt, Basic State Pension, CDC, Pension Freedoms, Yeovil Town, YTFC
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