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Value for Money
When I went to see the Pensions Minister earlier this week, I had three problems and three ideas My first problem was that we had no fix for the feeble participation rates for pension credits, I’ve written about the solution … Continue reading
How Pension Providers become winners in a data driven world
Data requests are a key measure of “quality of service”. This is a sister piece to my blog for pension consumers published here. Under GDPR, consumers are entitled to their pension data in a timely fashion. In a test last … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Dashboard, Data, Opperman, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Pensions Minister
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Guy Opperman – we want you to stay
I first met Guy Opperman at a TPAS function when he gave my company First Actuarial a commendation for the work it had done on financial education. It was one of the first times he had spoken as the … Continue reading
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Tagged financial inclusion, Guy Opperman, Pensions Minister, TPAS
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Pension Dashboards – time to respond!
At a recent PPI seminar, Laurie Edmans reminded us that he had been responsible for helping Government nearly deliver combined pension forecasts in 2004 – nearly 15 years ago. I wrote to Laurie thanking him for chairing an excellent event … Continue reading
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Tagged CMA, Dashboards, DWP, Guy Opperman, Open Banking, open pensions, pension, Pensions Minister
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The “pensions industry” must speak for pensions – not the people who profit from them.
There is an assumption that for innovation to happen in the pensions industry, it needs to have the sanction of the “pensions industry”. Take this comment from Sam. CDC will be a disaster unless you can convince the pensions industry … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, DWP, Guy Opperman, Pensions industry, Pensions Minister, WPC
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Meeting the Pensions Minister
Tomorrow (18th April) I get to meet the Pensions Minister, which I’m excited about. I’d written to Richard Harrington a few weeks ago, after an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill had been thrown out. I’d helped the Labour Party … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, governance, IGCs, Pensions Minister, Richard Harrington, workplace Pensions
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Which would you rather live in- a house or a car?
I’m fond of our current pension minister; he makes me laugh! He does a good impression of the “pension’s idiot” and enjoys being thought rather less on the ball than he actually is. But scratch the surface and … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, auto enrolment, Car, House, Pensions Minister, Richard Harrington, TPR, workplace pension
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Pensions Minister in the house – shout out for Richard Harrington!
A new man In one of the lowest keys of appointments, Richard Harrington crept into the DWP as an under-secretary and inherited all the issues for rather less pay than he’d have got if he’d got the usual ministerial salary. … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, DWP, Frank Field, pension, pensions, Pensions Minister, Retirement, Richard Harrington, Select Committee, westminster
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A right to debate or a right to restitution? #WASPI
For many of us, men retire at 65 and women at 60, that was hard coded into our learning like the multiplication tables and it’s clearly quite hard to unlearn. Steve Bee makes a good point on twitter "When is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Higham, Debate, DWP, Employment, Government, house of commons, Men, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Minister, Retirement, rights, Ros Altmann, SPA, State Pension Age, steve bee, Steve Groves, Steve Webb, WASPI
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Net pay schemes – 5 chances – then name and shame employers!
The Pension Minister is threatening to require employers who run net pay pension schemes that disadvantage staff to compensate those low-paid individuals who lose out on tax relief. The majority of the tax relief foregone is on contributions to Government … Continue reading
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Tagged Compensation, DWP, ft, jo cumbo, net-pay, pensions, Pensions Minister, Pensions Regualtor, relief at source, Ros Altmann, TPR
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