Tag Archives: Pensions

Small beer; Keating and Clacher take a sober look at the PPF

Posted on September 23, 2023 by henry tapper

Anyone who struggles to pay attention to pensions should read no further. There are close to 10,000 words in this article and some very deep thinking. I publish it because we have a couple of debates coming up on the … Continue reading →

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Inconvenient truths – Clacher and Keating

Posted on September 22, 2023 by henry tapper

On Thursday 21st September, the ONS released the results of the latest results of the Financial Survey of Pension Schemes, which reports on occupational pension schemes to the end of March 2023.[1] From this, it is evident that the rebalancing … Continue reading →

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Sunak’s cynical vote-grab at odds with the purpose of pensions.

Posted on September 21, 2023 by henry tapper

Politicians come and go, but pension funds precede and succeed them.  The money in them matters, not just to politicians but to the people who benefit from them and the planet they will retire on. Yesterday, the British Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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I went for a GMP makeover at Brightwell

Posted on September 20, 2023 by henry tapper

  A group of large pension schemes are launching what they claim to be a free service communicating changes to Guaranteed Minimum Pensions. I went to find how. There are many exciting things happening in pensions but changes to Guaranteed … Continue reading →

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The PPF – a victim of excess tenderness?

Posted on September 20, 2023 by henry tapper

  The FT sees a backlash from business as Pension Protection Fund’s reserves swell to more than £12bn.  The PPF is consulting on halving its levy from £200m to £100m pa, but many are saying this is too little and … Continue reading →

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David Brooks – pension scams – PP Coffee morning – link here.

Posted on September 19, 2023 by henry tapper

    “Pension scams ruin lives and inflict immense financial and mental trauma on victims. It is great that we are seeing substantial progress against fraudsters with the proportion of adults receiving unsolicited approaches regarding their pension falling rapidly. Action … Continue reading →

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I’m going for a GMP makeover at lunchtime.

Posted on September 19, 2023 by henry tapper

A group of large pension schemes are launching what they claim to be a free service communicating changes to Guaranteed Minimum Pensions. I’m about to find out more. There are many exciting things happening in pensions but changes to Guaranteed … Continue reading →

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What employers know about their pensions – the brutal truth

Posted on September 18, 2023 by henry tapper

Are you interested in why employers end up with the workplace pension into which they pay their and their staff’s money? Do you want to know more about how they value that pension and why they consider switching pensions? Then … Continue reading →

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The Government had been warned about LDI – it just didn’t listen.

Posted on September 18, 2023 by henry tapper

  We saw the LDI crisis coming – we called it. Lis Truss had not been warned because none of her people were listening. If regulators had seen the Sep22 pensions crisis coming – and Truss had been warned – … Continue reading →

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Vested interests and the state pension

Posted on September 17, 2023 by henry tapper

It’s depressing to wake up this morning , the weekend after the end of Pension Awareness Week, to find awareness of  the value of the state pension is well – weak! In this blog I put forward three views of … Continue reading →

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