Tag Archives: Pension Geeks
Thoughts for Peterborough – Mark Ormston’s “pension town”.
Peterborough is a place that holds much that is good, Retirement Line is a firm as good as any in financial serves, Nest have their UK administration just out of town and my old friends at First Actuarial round the … Continue reading
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A pitch to stop pensions being lazy
I am pleased that an IFA is being this outspoken in his pitch for your business I don’t know Iain Clayton, but I wish I did. This is how he presents himself to a new generation of professionals, one who … Continue reading
Anything but Bland – The Playpen gets Pension Aware
Jonathan Bland was a top guest at Pension PlayPen’s coffee morning yesterday. Sadly you can’t see how good a guest as I failed to press “record” when chairing. Which only goes to show there is nothing like live attendance. … Continue reading
Pensions Awareness Day 2023 – some somber thoughts.
I have spent much of my life embarrassing myself in the cause of “pension engagement” This photo was taken at the first of the Pension Geek’s pension awareness days and I see I am promoting a right odd assortment of … Continue reading
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Are we tone deaf when we talk about pensions?
This blog accuses the majority of the pension industry of being “tone deaf” when talking to its customers. We are about to embark on a pension attention campaign, the messaging for which is “tone deaf”. We are asking people to … Continue reading
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Tagged cost of living, Guy Opperman, Pension Awareness Day, Pension Geeks
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Pension Awareness Day and the Cost of Living Crisis
But Google “Pension Awareness Day” and this is what you get… The UK is facing a challenge we are not saving enough for the future. We all want to retire someday and you can’t keep relying on that lottery win … Continue reading
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Pensions – Awareness is all!
Welcome to September 15th – Pension Awareness Day. I’m travelling up to Peterborough to join Jonathan Bland, Biggsy and other geeks who have been travelling around the country this past week, bigging up pensions. The Pension Geeks are a well … Continue reading
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Tagged #PAD19, James Biggs, Jonathan Bland, Pension Awareness Day, Pension Geeks
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“GMP equalisation” – will the geeks inherit the earth?
Few pension experts expect GMP equalisation to change people’s lives. The Daily Express’ headline “Millions of women to share pension windfall” is plain wrong. GMP equalisation can benefit men as well as women. The Express, reckon 8,000 out of 235,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged admin, administrators, Pension Geeks, pensions, Technology
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Pension fury from Paul Lewis
It’s worth subscribing to Paul Lewis’ weekly Moneybox blog, delivered to your inbox on a Friday afternoon. This week’s mail addresses a central unfairness; those laying down the law on pensions are sorted , those they tell to “engage” – face “glacial” innovation from … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Haldane, Aviva, BOE, Business, Glacial, high charges, Paul Lewis, Pension Awareness Week, Pension Dashboard, Pension Geeks, pensions, progress, Providers, Retirement
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Pensions Awareness Day #PAD2016
Yesterday was Pensions Awareness Day. The Pension Plowman apologises to the Pensions Geeks for not shouting about it on this blog yesterday but those at Friends of Auto Enrolment yesterday afternoon wore the badges, those at the Payroll World … Continue reading
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Tagged #pad2016, Business, Geeks, Jonathan Bland, Liverpool, Pension Awareness Day, Pension Geeks, Rachel Parkinson, Scottish Widows
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