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Tuesday morning will be something special – here’s the detail of our investment special
We are in a period of political change and also change in pensions. This coffee morning will focus on how pensions can change the way ccapital is managed in the UK. The new forces influencing pensions are talking about effective … Continue reading
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Tagged Aschok Gupta, Ask Gupta, Effective Investment, Gupta, Hutton, Investment, New Capital Observor, pension playpen, Pensions, Will Hutton
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We must give pensions a sense of purpose to win Gen Z back
The DWP has released a new set of number for opt out of workplace pensions among young people. One in ten workers under 30 (9.3%) entitled to join an auto-enrolment pension scheme are opting out, according to this new research. … Continue reading
Low earners can have a “comfortable life” if they get the pension they’re promised!
This article is from Maxine Kelly from the Financial Times it was, published on 3rd July as “breaking news”. The headline is familiar to anyone who’s read the Pension Commission in May; but it’s “breaking” to most readers of the … Continue reading
John Mather’s views on pensions and tax raising by this Government
Dan Niedle’s recent work explores what might happen but here is an analysis of what will come from John Mather. John Mather is a prodigious contributor to this blog. This morning he has posted this comment which deserves a post … Continue reading
Should lower-earners get more pension from the state when working?
The Pensions UK report is relevant to everyone. It will feed into the Pension Commission and so should thinking of people like David Warwick and Andrew Young, who feature in this blog. And so is this comment from Andy Young, … Continue reading
The Pension Dashboard’s going well but it needs to agree this word “pension”.
Richard Smith is at the centre of any conversation about Pensions Dashboard(s). You don’t have to click through to see the video. The Pensions Dashboard doesn’t answer the kind of questions people should have. It shouldn’t use delusional simplicity. Five … Continue reading
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Tagged Dashboard, Lump sum, Pension Dashboard, Pensions, Richard Smith
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A history lesson on the wreckage which is retail pensions (for the FCA).
We wonder whether we are getting VFM from workplace pensions; well relative to the type of pension plan you could buy last century, anything is VFM. Now the FCA are back to review the debris that is left after commission … Continue reading
Does this increased cost of a Regulator give any value to Pension Schemes and outcomes?
This question was posted on yesterday’s blog on the Pensions Regulator’s account of 2025/6. Derek Scott, a retired Trustee Chair and notable accountant had this in reply. I assume he talks of “value for money”; his comment is in reply … Continue reading
How is the pension gender gap widened by divorce?
I imagined myself “Sarah” on Tuesday night, Sarah a 50 year old recently divorced Mum, facing a future where she could just pay the bills but not plan for later and with what she thought a moderate pension. I was … Continue reading
Angela MacDonald on the Civil Service Pension Scheme recovery from 6 months with Capita.
I had lunch with Bryn Davies today. At 1pm he had the good news that that afternoon he would get the chance to ask his Government what they were doing to put right the disaster of the Civil Service Pension … Continue reading