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“By 50 year olds – for 50 year olds” – a pension system needing a relaunch- Richard Smith
Richard Smith has clipped this showing who understands pensions and who doesn’t. It’s produced by the people who are building the pension dashboard and boy/girl, they’re thorough. Here’s Richard explaining and including a link to Kate Shiner’s work. The chart … Continue reading
Can the private sector afford to pay inflation linked pensions?
Of course we do pay inflation linked pensions though corporate and personal taxes, we pay for the public servants to get full CPI linkage so their wage in retirement will go up with inflation without a cap, some still get … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, CPI, dc, increase, Inflation, Level, pension, Pension Dashboard, Retirement Wage, SMPI
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Do you really want to give us the nastiest hardest problem in finance – Steve?
I suspect that former pensions minister Steve Webb is annoyed by chapter 5 of the Pension Commission’s report this week. This is his comment on LinkedIn Here are excerpts from Steve Webb’s Times article published this morning. I know … Continue reading
The Pensions Minister involved in sorting Gavin’s salary sacrifice mix-up.
There is more to Gavin H’s story; here is the latest episode.
I give up on VFM for pensions and so does Guy Opperman, I like the guy!
I don’t suppose that former Minister Guy Opperman knew he would be reported at the Aptia conference yesterday. He works for them a couple of days a month and was delivering the kind of comments that would have gone down … Continue reading
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Tagged Aptia, Business, CDC, DWP, FCA, Guy Opperman, pension, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, Value for Money, VFM
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Pensions are a larger part of our wealth (IFS). Pension wealth is higher still under CDC.
I’m not a great fan of the Institute of Fiscal Studies who have found it hard to understand pension as “wealth” . But this report has taken a step in the right direction In this IFS report, pensions hold a … Continue reading
Getting money back from the tax man
I got in late the other night and checked my mail. There was an ominous brown envelope, the kind you get when they’re after you. I walked upstairs to my flat trembling and summoned up the courage to open it. … Continue reading
Is America a good place for insured retirement funds from Britain?
I am pleased to see Calum Kapoor and Mary McDougall working together on an article that looks at the taxation of overseas money invested in American assets. You can read it on a “free share” here. I profess to be … Continue reading
TPR’s new head of innovation has no experience of pensions?
It is certainly innovative to put someone who has no background in pensions in charge of TPR’s innovation. Here she is, commenting on her career progression. If I have space left in my tummy for another coffee, I will have … Continue reading
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Tagged Experience, Innovation, Northmberland, pension, Pensions, Sarah Myers
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A Pensions Mutual for a CDC.
It is good to launch a good news story and I can today. Last Monday, while talking “small pots” we got news from the FCA that the Pensions Mutual had been registered and sealed What is the Pensions Mutual? … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, collective, FCA, Income, pension, Pensions Mutual, Retirement, Secure
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