My personal situation is that case study, with one employer offering pension contributions themselves plus salary sacrifice for mine and…
It is revealing when the independent commentators take a strong side. And thenk you for this helpful perspective.
I cannot imagine there are many 75 year olds who see using an occupational or workplace pension as a way…
Ships of state need time to turn and cannot respond to 24 hour news especially when the destination is ill…
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So how do we manage if the value of our house isn’t going up?
I will start with a post and article from the very good Times stalwart David Byers In the old days, your suspicion that your future pension wasn’t what it ought to be wasn’t a major worry. The house would help … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, CDC, David Byers, Equity, middle class, pension, Pensions, Property, Retirement, the Times
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How do unions feel about CDC?
What we were used to – no longer available to workers in the private sector Since the collapse of Defined Benefit pensions first for new joiners and soon after for further accrual by those already members, the unions have fallen … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, CDC, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Neil Walsh, pension, Pensions, Prospect, Retirement, TPR
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Fresh Alternative Investment Fund Policy
Draft SI and Policy note Draft legislation to reform the regulatory framework for Alternative Investment Fund managers, streamlining the regulation to support growth and tailoring for UK markets. From: HM Treasury Published 14 July 2026 Documents The Alternative Investment Fund … Continue reading
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Tagged 'investment trusts, AIF, alternative, Investmenbt Companies, pension
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Timelines for DC, CDC and DB to deliver income with VFM
Not much policy can have ambition to “chart the course to a pensions system fit for the 21st century“. That’s how Torsten Bell talks of his workplace pension work. Here is what the charting of the next ten years looks. … Continue reading
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Pensions deferred for workplace DC schemes ; CDC exempted!
There are a range of headlines about what the changes of the timeline to the Pension Schemes Act Timeline and what surrounds it. For the asset managers and those who manage commercial workplace pensions it is about “scale” and what … Continue reading
Changes for turning pots to pension and getting scale for workplace pensions.
Not much policy can have ambition to “chart the course to a pensions system fit for the 21st century“. That’s how Torsten Bell talks of his workplace pension work. Here is what the charting of the next ten years looks. … Continue reading
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Is the UK criticizing American pension funding “calling the kettle black”? Derek Scott v Benefit Jack
In my article yesterday, I argued that Britain was a paradigm of virtue. When it comes to organising its funded and unfunded pensions – in comparison to Chicago (and other American municipalities) I am sure it is. But the question … Continue reading
Chicago’s cavalier funding of its pension promise; compare to the funding of LGPS
Here’s a pension crisis waiting to happen “Anything and everything is on the table because we do have to stabilise the city’s finances,” What is being talked of is Chicago’s pension promises. The FT reports the words of it’s Mayoral … Continue reading
Things can only get better: for pensions – and for Britain too!
Over the weekend, I have had a number of conversations with friends who find the proposition from Andy Haldane that this Government incentivises “effective investment” into the UK with home-bias taxation. I know that we have not heard the … Continue reading
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If TPR read Altmann’s blog , they’d need more than air-con!
Before reading on, be aware that our good Baroness was once our Pension Minister and has been big in business. For what you are about to receive, you should be truly grateful, Has the Baroness been reading my blogs? This … Continue reading
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