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Help us spend a penny
Britain is entering its final week of financial constipation following over a year of holding in the urge to splash the pension cash. Speculation in the financial press is reaching fever pitch with the announcement of the Pension Wise telephone … Continue reading
Get behind Pension Wise
I am not saying this because I agree with everything that is going on, or even with everything that friends like Michelle Cracknell are saying, but because if we continue to talk Pension Wise down, we do it and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Michelle Cracknell, Pension Freedoms, Pension Wise, runaway train
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Why are we not talking about our pensions? An IFA’s view (guest blog)
On 6 April 2015, brand new rules that affect the way UK retirees can access their pension will come into effect. To assist people in generating their retirement income the government has guaranteed free guidance to all retirees, yet a … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged advice, annuity, Business, Employment, Financial services, Guidance, Pension Wise, pensions
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The Pension PlayPen guide to your pension freedoms
From April the unpopular tax rules that meant most people had to buy an annuity will change. Pensions are having a makeover which will give you better choices and more freedom. But to take advantage of this makeover, you need … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Drawdown, Freedom and Choice, Guidance, pension, Pension advice, Pension Wise, state pension, workplace pension
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“what should tell the staff?” Pension PlayPen Lunch today!
Every first business Monday of the month, the Pension Play Pen Linked In group meet in the Partners Room of the Counting House in Cornhill to discuss pressing issues of the day. True to form, we meet today (Monday … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, Employment, financial education, Financial services, Guidance, Mark Scantlebury, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Wise, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Steve Webb, workplace
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Is Pension Wise doomed from the start?
This question was posed on the Pension Play Pen Linked in Group by Jonathan Lawlor, a distinguished actuary and someone who thinks about these matters with an independent mind. He had been reading a new paper by Debora Price “Financing … Continue reading
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Tagged Academics, CDC, Debora Price, Kings College, NEST, Pension Wise, pensions, Pensions Wise
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How low can guidance go?
The FCA have published an important document that sets out to define where guidance ends and advice begins. Thankfully , it’s one you can read without feeling guilty that you aren’t going to answer 150 consultation questions! The FCA has … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, FCA, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged advice, Decision Tree, digital, DWP, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, financial education, Guidance, Guidance Guarantee, Pension Wise
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Get your BR19 as your first step to being “Pension Wise”
Treasury now in charge of “Pension Wisdom”. Another Monday, another set of pension headlines. The Treasury announce that the Guidance Guarantee is no more and hereafter the delivery mechanism for the help we’ll be getting at retirement will be called … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, auto enrolment, BR19, Business and Economy, CDC, DWP, Financial services, Freedoms, Guidance, Guidance Guarantee, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Freedomd, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Regulator, Pension Wise, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, Treasury
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