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Ros Altmann on being Ros Altmann – Tuesday 10.30am
Ros Altmann like Edi Truell and a few other of my friends, is a force for good who gets a fair bit of stick, Neither Ros (nor Edi for that matter) mind much. Being thick-skinned is a matter of course … Continue reading
Next year’s pension scandal will have been ten years in the cooking
Things move slowly in Pensions, the Irish are waking up to their not getting auto-enrolled workplace pensions till 2025, even though I’ve been told by David Harris, that they’re just around the corner since 2010. But this blog is not … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, HMRC, National Employment Savings Trust, net-pay, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions
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“Financial Services is Britain’s oil – it corrupts from within” – Bryn Davies
Forget everything they warned you about a “Corbynista” and watch this video instead Bryn Davies is a reasonable man with firm views about what pensions should do and the audience that he got from Pension PlayPen made up in quality … Continue reading
Anup Basu- how are Australians behaving over pensions?
Pension PlayPen Coffee Morning – New DC Innovations and Australian model update – Tuesday 5 December at 10.30am You are cordially invited to attend our next event hosted by Professor Anup Basu. What new innovations are coming for DC … Continue reading
Playpen 15,000 members and countless memories
The AgeWage and Pension PlayPen linked in group passed 15,000 members this week making it Europe’s largest dedicated pension group – and its best. Dedicated to restoring confidence in pensions, the group is now a robust posting site for … Continue reading
What do you want in the King’s Speech Pension Bill?
Note to Steve (where’s the diversity?) I’ve no idea what that crazy cat Steve Goddard has got planned for Pension PlayPen’s Coffee morning next Tuesday, but I seem to be a part of it. What do I want? Better … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill, Con Keating, Kings Speech, Padraig Flloyd, pension playpen, Tom McPhail
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Are bonds “productive finance”?
A little group of us are having a vigorous debate about the definition of productive finance and what falls within its scope. I have taken as my starting point, the definition from Barry Kenneth – CIO at the PPF … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Defined benefit pension plan, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions
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Is there a pension Guiidance gap?- find out with Philip Hodges on Tuesday
If you have problems getting on the call – here’s the link.
Are we seeing the rebirth of the “scheme pension”? Discuss pension innovation with me at 10.30 today
Today I’m talking with the Pension PlayPen about what the industry calls “decumulation” but which is properly called “getting a pension”. You can join the session from this link. A pension is something that is paid to you , by … Continue reading
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Tagged pension playpen, Pensions, Scheme Pensions, silent majority
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How will the PPF fare playing away? Join us at 10.30 to see
A senior DWP official once described Nest to me as “the home team”. I guess they must feel the same way about the Pension Protection Fund. Both Nest and the PPF are hugely successful in fulfilling their briefs … Continue reading
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Tagged David Taylor, pension playpen, Pensions, ppf, Shalin BHAGWAL
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