Tag Archives: Pension Pound
Scheme Pensions aren’t the magic bullet -yet
There seems to be irrational exuberance among some parts of the IFA community that a new solution is round the corner to what are seen to be the poor “at retirement” options presented by conventional annuities or the new drawdown (under … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Retail Distribution Review
Tagged Employment, Financial services, Insurance, Joe Bloggs, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, pensions, Pensions, Personal pension scheme, Public Sector Pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Society, The Pension Regulator
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When “two sevens clash”
When I was a kid growing up in a very white part of Britain, I was fascinated by a guy called Joseph Hill who was predicting a calamity on the 7th July 1977 which pretty well brought to Jamaica to a … Continue reading
The case for doing nothing
There is a case for doing nothing and it is a logical case- but it’s not a course of action I intend to follow, Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, Retirement
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Education, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, Rate of return, Retirement, Saving, Society, unilever, Wine tasting descriptors
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Accounts and accountability-who pays for NESTCorp?
I am a lover of NEST– of collective DC – of private and public partnerships that bring better funded pensions to people for whom the current system cannot reach. I have made my own private submission to the Work and … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged Business, Department for Work and Pensions, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, pensions, Personal Accounts, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Saving, Scheme, Select committee (Westminster system), Society, Tata Consultancy Services
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“Buying a Retirement Income” from an RIP
I’m sure the panelled annuitants or Retirement Income Providers (hereafter known as RIPs) are feeling pretty comfortable about life this morning.
Posted in annuity, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Aviva, Business, Insurance, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, pensions, Pensions, Personal Accounts, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Scheme, Tom McPhail, Zurich
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Clearing up a few things about pensions
We may need Superchoice to do our clearing up.
The DB Phoenix
Things are pretty grim in DB land just now. The 3% hike in personal contributions to public sector pensions is likely to accelerate the trend for individuals to opt-out of DB leaving these schemes derelict. The anticipated abolition of contracting out from … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, pensions
Tagged Ammunition, corporate governance, corporate risk, Employment, ezra pound, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Pensions, Phoenix, Phoenix Arizona, public sector
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Tell them the truth (a ridiculous notion)
However, it would lead to the kind of engagement between staff and retirement that is needed if we are to move forward from the current deadlock of distrust.
Posted in EU Solvency II, NEST, pension playpen, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged Business, Company, Employment, EU Solvency II, Financial services, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Old age, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Personal Accounts, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement
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Con climbs up Pigsah
And he went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.”. Deuteronomy 34:1