Tag Archives: Pensions Minister

How Pension Providers become winners in a data driven world

Posted on July 26, 2020 by

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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Guy Opperman – we want you to stay

Posted on February 6, 2020 by

  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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Pension Dashboards – time to respond!

Posted on December 9, 2018 by

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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The “pensions industry” must speak for pensions – not the people who profit from them.

Posted on September 15, 2018 by

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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Meeting the Pensions Minister

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

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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Which would you rather live in- a house or a car?

Posted on February 18, 2017 by

  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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Pensions Minister in the house – shout out for Richard Harrington!

Posted on August 6, 2016 by

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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A right to debate or a right to restitution? #WASPI

Posted on January 10, 2016 by

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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Net pay schemes – 5 chances – then name and shame employers!

Posted on December 27, 2015 by

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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In defence of genius.

Posted on October 6, 2014 by

Genius is not just misunderstood – it is persecuted. Those who didn’t get Copernicus, Galileo, Wordsworth or Darwin did not ignore these genius’, they set out to do them in. Bob Dylan when he laid out his Highway 61 album … Continue reading →

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