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“Your pay-rise is a pension rise”

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

  I often “wake up to money” but not to this! In a discussion about when we last got a pay-rise, one listener mailed in that her boss told her “your pay-rise is a pension rise” It’s the first time … Continue reading →

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Getting youngsters saving more

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

Telling youngsters to save more is a waste of time It’s been a sad 48 hours on twitter watching the wolf pack turn on Paul Claireaux for his cappuccino blog – where Paul postulates that a youngster could have a … Continue reading →

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Great Pension Debate 4 – Port Talbot revisited

Posted on May 3, 2019 by

Al Rush is organising the fourth episode of the Great Pensions Debate. Here – in Al’s inimitable style, is what this is all about. You can sign up for the Great Pension Debate 4 by following this link, all you … Continue reading →

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What’s normal?

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

When we allow money to be taken out of our salaries , we don’t really know what to expect. That’s why the FCA want the independent governance committees that oversee workplace pension providers, to tell us what value for money … Continue reading →

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We are not saving enough – official.

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

  What this chart from the FT shows is that UK Companies and Households are spending more than they are saving. They join our Government in this. We are not like the rest of the world that saves more than … Continue reading →

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AgeWage goes public tomorrow – this is why you should invest today!

Posted on March 24, 2019 by

www.seedrs.com/agewage Today is the last day before we go public with our crowdfunding. Since Wednesday we have been in private mode and so far 60 investors have invested around £140,000. We have promised today of a further £25,000 meaning that … Continue reading →

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Why are women’s pensions smaller than men’s?

Posted on March 10, 2019 by

One of the main ways women are penalised in pensions is by net pay schemes. These stop 1.2m low-paid workers (around 800,000 women) claiming tax relief worth around £72m a year. This is an issue easily solved by @HMRCgovuk – … Continue reading →

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How to turn a pot into a pension (megablog)

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

Hello and thanks for your interest! This mega-blog should be helpful to people who are 55 or older and have money “stuck” in pensions which they could do with to replace income from work. “Stuck” is the right word, most … Continue reading →

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Why the pension dashboards have to be commercial

Posted on February 17, 2019 by

  Government pension projects rarely succeed and where they do succeed – it is because the public and private sectors find a way to work together. There are exceptions – the state pension and unfunded public sector schemes are pretty … Continue reading →

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It’s employers that did it! Rudd should be thanking them for “her” policy success

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

      I’m pleased to see that attempts to re-write history by the Conservative party have been foiled by the ever-vigilant Cumbo. These were not @conservative party reforms. Automatic enrolment resulted from a cross-party consensus and was introduced by … Continue reading →

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