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A definitive solution to the annuity crisis.
It is time that we started using our existing infrastructure, the PPF, the DWP pension payment system and the ultimate covenant of the UK tax-payer to sort out this mess.
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Tagged annuity, Consumer price index, European Union, Financial Assistance Scheme, Insurance, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Pensions, Retirement, Solvency II
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A massive failure of nerve – the sad state of our DC pensions
Last year 460,000 people bought annuities from their DC pensions, Two thirds of these people did not bother to get the best rate for their accumulated funds and as a result suffered on average a 10% lower pension than those who did. Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, Fiduciary Management, Liability Driven Investment, NEST, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, Department for Work and Pensions, Employment, EU Solvency II, Fiduciary Management, Hargreaves Lansdown, Liability Driven Investment, Mike Wadsworth, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, pensions, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, Personal Accounts, Politics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Retirement, Society, Tom McPhail
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I like annuities but I’m worried..
Imagine it- the prospect of a 15-20% pay cut for the rest of my life and all because the Government changed the rules. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement, Treasury
Tagged ageing, annuiteis, annuity, Bank, bulk annuities, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, Fiduciary Management, gilts, Local government pensions, Longevity, longevity bonds, Pension new, Pension Pound, pension pounds, Pensions, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement, Treasury, UK Treasury
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