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Sun Money solves the Retirement Riddle
Pilot your Pot with Harriet Every time Harriet Meyer runs a pension story in the Sun, my heart leaps. She has the knack of using snappy headlines and clear language to make the complex plain. Harriet modestly tells us on … Continue reading
Martin Lewis – if ever we needed an adviser
We watched the Martin Lewis 90 minute pension special again last night – not to pick holes in it but to pick up tips, especially around the sections on the state pension and benefits. We have friends and family who … Continue reading
American reforms aimed at the up and coming retirement saver
Before we beat ourselves up about our pension saving system, take a look at what is happening on the other side of the pond. The American system works for those who work long and hard and who have healthcare, it … Continue reading
The fall-out from LDI will dominate DB pensions in 2023
The FT has published a piece this morning suggesting a “blame game” between consultants and the providers of LDI solutions. Was it the providers or the advice given by investment consultants on implementation and management of leveraged LDI strategies … Continue reading
Stefan Lundberg on the Pensions Dashboard
Over Christmas, I have been running a series of blogs I’ve selected from my linked in feed as examples of “good thinking”, they’ve all been from Stefan Lundbergh, who is a good thinker. But sometimes, good thinkers can think themselves … Continue reading
An employer with a small DB scheme gives its evidence to the WPC
Founded 50 years ago, Dixon International Ltd is an award-winning innovator and manufacturer of specialised construction products. It was the first to develop aluminium and elastomeric draught seals for doors & windows in the early sixties. It was the first … Continue reading
Pensions and personal poverty; action needed now.
Let’s think about the question in this headline and the date it was asked. On the date of publication Savers and those spending their retirement savings were facing a hike in fuel bills and inflation reckoned by PWC to be … Continue reading
“Consumers aren’t fools” – dashboards and vaccines
“Consumers aren’t fools,” – Romi Savova (Pension Bee ) Reading the responses to the Pension Dashboard Programme’s consultation on the data standards employed to give us a view of our pensions, you might think otherwise. People are so dumb… Whilst … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Dashboards, Novavax, Pension Dashboard, test, Vaccine
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Why Steelworkers should question this pension buy-out.
News that Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has rescued those former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme who are currently in the PPF assessment period has been widely promoted by PIC’s financial PRs and got some favourable coverage in … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, British Steel, BSPS, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, ppf
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Aussies put pensions to the test (could Britain follow?)
With characteristic bluntness, the Australian Government has decided that if a pension fund is not delivering to its users, it will be starved of new savers until it does. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will develop systems that will enable … Continue reading