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The trees are great – but the wood’s the thing!
This week has seen ,present at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries pension conference on “mapping the Pension Genome”, our Pension PlayPen lunch on “defaults to spend our DC saving”, Reward Strategy conference on “Royal Mail’s journey to CDC” … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, CDC, dc, IFA, money marketing, pension playpen, pensions, poetry
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Trapped! What if you’re in a failing master-trust?
Duncan Buchanan’s articles in Pension Expert are always worth reading, and his latest blog in Pensions Expert is no exception. He looks at small master trusts and asks just what would happen if one decided to pack it in. He … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Hogan Lovells, master trust, pension playpen, pensions
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Is there a “true and fair” way to value advice?
Yesterday , I wrote a blog about “ownership” and how we cede ownership of our retirement savings – often to ill-effect. You can read that blog here. This follows up on that thinking and looks at a specific issue … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan and Gina Miller, pension playpen, pensions, True and fair, trust, VFM
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A blueprint for pension consolidation.
Yesterday I was reading the corporate accounts of MoneySupermaket.com. Last year, as well as generating nearly £400m of turnover and making over £100m in profit, MSM were given personal information by over half the UK adult population. 25m people volunteered … Continue reading
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Tagged Blueprint, pension, Pension consolidation, pension playpen, pension reform, pensions, Pot follows member
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How do I rate my various pensions?
Following the publication of yesterday’s Guidance from the DWP on “DC pension” disclosures, this article asks “have we any framework for answering the question in the title?”. The conclusion is “not yet”, thought the disclosure guidance takes us another step … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pension playpen, pensions, Sage
Tagged DWP, OFT, pension playpen, pensions, VFM, workplace Pensions
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Employers be warned; your workplace pension responsibilities are wider than you think!
When I read this social media add from the Pensions Regulator I half thought tPR were encouraging employers to engage with their pension. No such luck – the pages behind the link explain the employer duties and responsibilities … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, Newcastle, pension playpen, pensions, Sage, TPR, U-switch, workplace pension
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3000 blog posts up!
At some point over the weekend I published my 3000th blog post. Time for celebration- no? Time for 500 words of reflection – yes! I think publishing stuff that might interest others is now an activity of daily living … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, journalism, pensions
Tagged Blog, henry tapper, pension playpen, Pension Plowman, pensions, WordPress
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“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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“Pot follows member”? Who are you kidding? Pension Bee blows the lid on DC transfers.
We’ve had fuss about how hard it is to move your bank account, we’ve had fuss about how hard it is to switch utility supplier, but how hard is it to merge your pension accounts so that your pot follows … Continue reading
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Tagged conoslidation, Hargreaves Lansdown, Pension Bee, pension playpen, platform, Pot follows member, Transfer
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How do we value our large DB plans?
Today’s Pension Play Pen lunch (at the Hydrant pub not the Counting House) will discuss how best we value our large DB plans. What do we mean by large DB plans? I guess there are a number of big … Continue reading
Posted in Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Hydrant, Lunch, pension playpen, The Pensions Regulator
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