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How Pensions are getting fairer.
I was speaking with a Scottish friend , an academic and one of the few politicians I know who was brought up without a lot of money in the family. I had to phrase that carefully, for when I first wrote … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator, Ros Altmann
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, occupational pension schemes, pension, Pension new, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pension scheme, pension schemes, pensions, Retirement, short-service, Tax
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Addiction
Addiction is not a word that resonates positively. But we had a discussion yesterday centred on getting people addicted to properly managing their money, in which the word seemed entirely appropriate. People get addicted to courses of action resulting from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, advice, Business, dc pensions, digital guidance, Facebook, FAMR, financial education, financial education programs, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Government, Linked in, momentum, MoneyHub, multiplier, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, Ros Altmann, social media, Society, Treasury, vitality
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The transfer mess gets worse…
It’s been some weeks since I wrote about transfers. To recap, I have been predicting a seizure in the transfer market , resulting from high demand, low-advisory capacity and pipes blocked with regulatory effluent. So it doesn’t come as a … Continue reading
Posted in Treasury, trustee
Tagged Actuarial science, advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, Financial Services Authority, London, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pension transfers, pensions, Politics, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement
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Will pension freedoms be the death of Defined Benefit?
I thought it was the last supper (or at least the last pension playpen lunch). We had twelve men around the table (no women) and there was sombre expectation as we considered the impact small changes in tax legislation … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged annuity, Business, Con Keating, dc pensions, defined benefit, defined benefit pension, Defined Contribution, Freedoms, Government, last supper, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, ppf, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, state pension, Steve Webb
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We need a Bus and a Lamborghini!
My friend Ralph Frank is very good at putting his finger on the problem. If he was a Doctor, I’d trust his diagnosis and I like to think of him with a stethoscope prodding around the body financial – listening … Continue reading
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Tagged Bus, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Government, Insurance, Investing, lamborghini, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Society, Steve Webb, taxi
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The best practice approach to choosing a workplace pension
The Pension PlayPen has been asked to outline the research process that lies behind the Factsheets and provider ratings on http://www.pensionplaypen.com . This is the process. The purpose of Pension PlayPen research is To establish the universe of … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, brand, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, choose, Choose a Pension, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Society, workplace pension
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Sign up for The First Actuarial Monkey League -2014 !
You can save yourself reading 644 words of Pension Plowman pontification and sign up for the Monkey League here. Or you can read the blog and take your decisions at the end. Here’s why I’m promoting our Monkey … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education, First Actuarial, monkey league, pensions
Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, First Actuairal, first actuarial, Investing, Investment, Investment management, monkey league, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions
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This country needs a proper debate about old age
Do we understand how people want to get paid in retirement? Yesterday I wrote about the American 401K system and the risks taken by people who become too cautious as they become older. The value judgements implicit in the report … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, CDC, Financial Education, pensions
Tagged annuity, Business, de-risking, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Steve Webb, United States
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How I want my hard-saved earnings – thoughts on a walk!
Not many people fantasize about the letter they will get from their workplace pension provider when they get to the point they can start spending their hard- saved earnings. As I made my way around Studland Bay, Old Harry … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, Bankers, Blogging, CDC, dc pensions, defined aspiration, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, NEST, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Government, Guidance, pension, pension playpen, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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