Tag Archives: Pension Regulator
Why I’m backing the master trust assurance framework
Back in May 2014, the Pension Regulator launched on an unsuspecting world the ICAEW’s Technical Release “Assurance reporting on master trusts”. At the time I was dismissive of this document and the Master Trust Assurance Framework (MAF). Write in haste , … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Retirement
Tagged advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, DWP, Employment, FofAE, governance, ICAEW, master trust, master trusts, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, TPR, workplace Pensions
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NEST report and accounts; £400m and counting
The publication of NEST’s 2015 report and accounts yesterday has some good news and some not such good news. The good news is that nothing seriously went wrong last year, there are now some 14,000 employers using NEST for all … Continue reading
Tee Time?
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke with Michael Johnson about what he thought the budget’s proposals for pensions would be. He reminded me of this paper he had sent me in April and suggested that the Budget would be … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Financial services, Income tax, ISA, ISAs, Michael Johnson, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Pension taxation, pensions, Retirement, Tax
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Making social media work for us
One of the things that social media does, is blur the line between work and play. The distinction is one that employers , regulators and brands attempt to manage, often with arcane rules that make them a laughing stock to their … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, employers, Employment, Facebook, instagram, Linked in, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, social media, twitter, WordPress
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The future of pension regulation – Andrew Tarrant
Andrew Tarrant was a personal advisor to Gregg McClymont in the previous parliamentary term. A Kiwi lawyer he has the distinction of having sung in New Zealand’s only serious punk band. I have had the privilege of reading this substantial piece of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Tarrant, annuity, Business, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, governance, Government, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Retirement, The Pension Regulator, workplace Pensions
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How interoperable are you?
One of the Friends of Auto-Enrolment’s groups is called the interoperability task-force. I think Andy Agethangelou makes these names up so his name seems short by comparison. “Interoperability” is a concept I haven’t come across before, but like a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Andy Agethangelou, auto enrolment, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, FofAE, Friends of Auto-Enrolment, interoperability, interoperable, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, the Friends of Auto-Enrolment
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The Regulator makes it easier for micro-employers to auto-enrol
Charles Counsell spoke at the Regulator’s provider conference on Tuesday (30th June). These are my notes of what he said and there may be some minor inconsistencies. I hope to post a slide-share link to his slides when they are … Continue reading
The lady’s not for turning.
For reasons that weren’t particularly obvious , a random group crammed into a much too small committee room in the House of Lords on Wednesday night for a round table with the new pensions minister. It was a hot day that … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Government, House of Lords, National Employment Savings Trust, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Society
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Identifying your auto-enrolment workers! Great guest blog by Karen Prince
This month sees the start of the final stage of auto-enrolment in the UK for more than 1.2 million employers. This last stage affects small and medium enterprises employing less than 30 staff. By April 2017, all businesses, including those … Continue reading
Telling tales or tipping off?
There is a fine line between campaigning journalism and incompetent meddling. Those whose jobs it is to stamp on malfeasance see the campaigners not as crusaders but as a menace. Those who campaign see those in authority not as allies but … Continue reading
Posted in Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, Pensions Regulator, Ros Altmann
Tagged Actionfraud, blogging, DWP, Fraud, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pension liberation fraud, Pension new, Pension Regulator, PensionPlaypen, pensions, Politics, Retirement, The Pension Regulator, tipping off, TPR
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