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Tag Archives: Pension Play Pen
“Do we need a dashboard- or just a pension finding service?” – Pension PlayPen lunch – Monday 5th Nov
Expect fireworks at the Pension Play Pen lunch on Monday. The derisory £5m budget dished out by the Treasury to fund the dashboard suggests we won’t get much more than a damp squib. But maybe the Treasury are right! Maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged Counting House, Dashboard, Firweworks, Lunch, Pension Dashboard, Pension Play Pen
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Managing and enjoying our linked in groups
Linked in groups have for over a decade provided ordinary people to do extraordinary things. For me, Pension Play Pen has allowed me to speak to a small circle of friends that has grown to nearly 10,000 people by word … Continue reading
“April 2018 – a nudge too far?” Pension Play Pen Lunch – Monday 4th September
In little more than six months time , auto-enrolment will face its next big test. Minimum contributions to workplace pensions will increase from 1% employer and 1% employee to 2% employer and 3% employee. The contributions need only be paid … Continue reading
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Tagged Counting House, Lunch, pension auto-enrolment, Pension Play Pen, pension playpen, SME, TPR
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Taking care of the “social” in housing.
Paying for the improvements in our social housing, to improve safety is going to be expensive. You wonder where the money will come from, or at least I did till I read a good article by Merryn Somerset-Webb in the … Continue reading
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Tagged David Harreaves, HMRC, Pension Play Pen, private rent, Social housing, Tax
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Brexit sets our pensions free!
We are where we are; Brexit is changing things. Brexit is a disruptor of old certainties and a bringer of new opportunities. The pensions and savings industry has grown fat on the old certainties but is now being confronted by populist … Continue reading
Cheer up this strike’n’ing Monday with good cheer at the Playpen lunch!
For many of us, this will be the first working Monday since December 19th. Christmas and New Year holidays have immunised us against the Monday morning blues. So a return to work for Londoners that includes the ongoing disruption … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds, Counting House, LDI, Lunch, Pension Play Pen, redington, Robert Gardner
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The (currently) sad state of Linked in Groups
Have you noticed how much harder it has become to find and use your linked in group? I run a number of groups, the biggest of which is the Pension Play Pen with over 7000 members. We have enjoyed steady growth … Continue reading
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Tagged Groups, Linked in, Moderation, Pension Play Pen, social media
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Endorsements and the creep of the middleman
There is a problem in financial services with “intermediation”. It’s a horrible word! But putting that aside, there is a temptation for every Tom, Dick and Harriet to stand between the customer and the investment. Pension PlayPen is of … Continue reading
MUTINY AT THE BOUNTY!
Yesterday was a shocker! As many of you know, (from first hand experience), I spend much of the summer driving my boat and guests up and down the Thames. Yesterday was no exception. What made yesterday different, was my … Continue reading
Ten things everyone should know about workplace pensions
Pensions are difficult; how can buyers choose one from another? Look from the list of categories at the attributes that IFAs consider important when deciding on a pension? Confused? …… I was! The traditional … Continue reading
