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A smorgasbord of a budget? Could be a bit messy!
Last week was disrupted to a day in UCH under the knife, this week by a train trip to the Isle of Skye and back and next week by the budget. To make it more disruptive, the Pension PlayPen is … Continue reading
Unlike a wage for life , a pension pot’s “Number” rarely turns up!
This is odd and tells us something about what an excess of money does to people’s sense of security in old age. I am not sure there comes something called security. Infact I see “wealth” as something that makes the … Continue reading
250 British bosses ask that the pension drawbridge be dropped and capital released
I am not quite sure I came into possession of the letter sent by more than 250 business leaders urging the Chancellor to make it easier for them to be capitalised by pensions. But here it is , complete with … Continue reading
The hope people have of getting better paid when they stop working.
For most people, the pension they get is something from the State, which they can find from a link advertised by the DWP. If you haven’t worked out your entitlement and when it’s coming your way, you can click here … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Damien, pension, Pensions, state pension, Torsten Bell
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Pensions screwing leaseholders? We say- “cap freeholder fees”!
I have received a message from my friend Harry Scoffin, a young man who spoke at Pension PlayPen on rapacious behaviour of freeholders to leaseholders. Here’s what young Harry has sent me This has just dropped in the FT tonight: … Continue reading
We don’t need austerity, we need to invest and grow
Martin Woolf has produced an econium to growth and posted it in the FT. People care about their standard of living. Democracy is simply far stronger if it is possible for everybody to become better off. Growth provides that. … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Business, Ecopnium, Employment, Government, growth, Investment, Martin Woolf, pension, Pensions, Tax, Treasury, workplace Pensions
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Tax Free Cash Payments a test of provider’s VFM? Help the FT find out.
I am keen to help the FT , I count Jo Cumbo and Mary McDougall as next door neighbours up here in London and they have put out a call to FT readers. I got a rap on the wrists … Continue reading
CDC – we “stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start”.
I am pleased with the news that Parliament will have legislation set before it on Thursday tomorrow, which will allow the CDC on a whole of life basis to go ahead. A consultation about at retirement CDC will follow shortly. … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, annuity, Business, CDC, Con Keating, dc, pension, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Patrick Heath-Lay calls for simplicity – for his 7 million savers.
AgeWage has been a lonely beacon bleeping a signal of tsunamis over the past 8 years. The warning is that the billions of money building up in workplace pensions is not assessed by trustees, employers or members for the value … Continue reading
Pension UK – Should Theroux in his playground market your Conference?
Blunkett and Elwell were on before Theroux . Serious input into a serious pension. There was a lot of fun to be had at this weeks Pension UK Annual Conference and what people do with their time is their business. … Continue reading