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Time for pension schemes to exit the bomb-shelter
I’ve been pointed to a very good article on pension increases by Irwin Mitchell’s Penny Cogher and Harriet Fletcher on discretionary increases. The article was written this January and I suspect that in the meantime, the presumption of … Continue reading
Why we should be proud to invest our savings in real assets!
My blog yesterday on USS attracted a lot of attention on social media and some interesting comment. This from Ros Altmann – a blog in its own right; Excellent piece Henry. There is insufficient differentiation in this DB debate … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, infrastucture, investment, pensions, Treasury
Tagged investment consultants, long-view, pension schemes, pensions, Ros Altmann, Royal Mail, USS, ]
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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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Turning payroll administrators into pension managers
A payroll administrator pays someone tomorrow, a pension manager pays someone for ever. A workplace pension is no more than deferred pay, you remove money from today’s pay-packet and it is returned later, when there’s no money … Continue reading
Why due diligence is soooooooo important!
Yesterday I wrote about pension charges and the difference between poor practice and malpractice . At some point the value for money swing-ometre tips into rip-off territory and it’s almost always when those managing its costs of a scheme, stop acting … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged advice, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, due diligence, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, occupational pension schemes, penions, pension, pension playpen, pension scheme, pension schemes
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