Tag Archives: Pensions
Utmost fined nearly £2m for its sins of the last 10 years.
Angie Brooks is right to point out that governance matters and it matters for Utmost whether it happens to its UK bulk purchase business or its offshore investment bonds. Utmost was the Equitable and is now owned by US … Continue reading
Mandating – Government seizing “Henry VIII powers”?
I think we will see the last days of the debate over the Pension Schemes Bill as some of the maddest pensions have seen this century. I had supported Baroness Altmann’s view that schemes that don’t invest more of our … Continue reading
A day when CDC was dragged into PUK’s hall!
I make no defence for being in Edinburgh to right an unintentional bias in the conference agenda that neglects the arrival of CDC as a new force in Pensions UK. We have £1.2tr in funded DB pensions and future liabilities … Continue reading
Can and should pensions do society good? PUK day two
The second day of the Pensions UK Conference made the coming and going to Edinburgh worthwhile. Two important speeches from politicians , some relevant discussions on pensions to come and a Gove v Lucas debate on the importance of Environment, … Continue reading
The need for more money for PENSIONERS in the UK
We are guests of Pensions UK and I sometimes forget that it’s pensioners in the UK that we are looking after. I went to my friend Enid’s funeral last Tuesday. She was 98 and she lived off her pension happily … Continue reading
Hymans Robertson’s blue print for CDC success – (a mutual’s take on it)
I spent yesterday afternoon and early evening with Hymans Robertson discussing what success looked like for them in the provision of CDC. I have yet to see more than TPT and Pensions Mutual stick their heads above the rampart … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Distribution, Early to Market, Hymans Robertson, Operations, Pensions, Scheme Design
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TPR’s new head of innovation has no experience of pensions?
It is certainly innovative to put someone who has no background in pensions in charge of TPR’s innovation. Here she is, commenting on her career progression. If I have space left in my tummy for another coffee, I will have … Continue reading
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Tagged Experience, Innovation, Northmberland, pension, Pensions, Sarah Myers
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Is consolidation into Master Trusts inevitable for DC schemes?
I was interested in this conversation between Muntazir (Monty) Hadadi and a number of established DC faces. There is clearly going to be a lot of pressure from unions and other member groups to get the better pensions that are … Continue reading
Rethinking the state pension – time to give people more control
My old boss is asking a simple but deep question. Rethinking the state pension – time to give people more control? I guess that it’s an obvious question if you think people should have freedom with their pension. Lawrence … Continue reading
Samantha Gould – a cosmopolitan-glamorous guest for Nico and Darren
Sam Gould is Nico and Darren’s guest this week and she turns up excited and genned up about how to behave. I’m pleased to see her thoughts and those of her companions are constrained to just over an hour! Darren … Continue reading