Tag Archives: Pension Poverty
Good with food – not so good with money.
The sad events at the Co-operative Bank this year are not the first financial services scandal to hit the Co-operative movements. Less publicised but no less carnal, was the behaviour of the management of Co-operative Insurance Services (CIS) who were … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Bankers, Change, club pension
Tagged Business, co-op, Government, Human Resources, Investing, mutual, Pension Poverty, pensions
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IFAs need to reconnect with workplace pensions in 2014
The answer is very simple, it’s in technology, in the application of actuarial science and – (surprise, surprise) in http://www.pensionplaypen.com ! Continue reading
Play “FANTASY AUTO-ENROLMENT” and help 1m employers through staging
I don’t know who you are or why you’re reading this. I’m grateful you are though! Every day about 450 people get a blog from me, login to http://www.pensionplaypen or follow a link from twitter, linkedin or Facebook to what … Continue reading
How safe is my pension?
This is one of the five most commonly asked questions I’ve been asked in my time advising members of workplace pensions in the past 25 years. In that time I have only advised on one scheme where members lost their … Continue reading
Posted in brand, pensions
Tagged Actuarial science, Business and Economy, corporate risk, England, Facebook, Government, Insurance, Investing, London, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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NEST’s ambitious business plan looks doomed
Perhaps the restriction on providing supporting software to enable online on boarding and aE compliance is the one that is most needed of all, Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, NEST
Tagged Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, London, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty
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You have sat too long…non-performing DC trust boards should go
The biggest threat to workplace pensions in this country is political. The next election will be fought on a growth agenda and every Government department (other than the DWP) will be taking a long hard look at the employer duties … Continue reading
Collective pensions – what the industry thinks
Many thanks to the wondrous J Cumbo, the FT, mallowstreet (and uncle Tom Cobley) Continue reading
Let’s give pensions leaders the chance to lead
I asked him whether he thought the Dutch pension system superior to the UK’s and he laughed “of course it is, it delivers better outcomes”. Continue reading
How HMRC passes the buck on Pension Liberation Fraud
The only people who seem to be being dumped on are occupational pension trustees. Continue reading
Pensions dead by 2050 – taking the Michael?
The Daily Telegraph, which through Richard Evans has started writing sharp and provocative articles on pensions, came out with a corker just before Christmas. I read it on the beach and nearly choked on my sangria! Here it is in … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Australia, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, de-risking, defined aspiration, Henry Tapper blog, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury, with-profits
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Business and Economy, Christmas, corporate governance, corporate risk, Daily Telegraph, DC Comics, dc pensions, Employment, Financial literacy, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Saving, social media, Steve Webb
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