Tag Archives: Pensions

Collective Pensions (CDC) your questions answered by LCP’s Steve Taylor and Helen Draper

Join us at 10.30 am on Tuesday September 8th for a cracking conversation with two of Britain’s top CDC consultants. I am aware of charge-out rates for top consultants at top consultancies and I’m amazed that two such – Helen … Continue reading

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What does Total Portfolio Approach mean and can my pension adopt it?

Roger Urwin has been around longer than me, and I’ve been looking at and learning from his work for at least a quarter of a century. He’s still sharing his thinking (sophisticated as it is) with those who have time … Continue reading

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Don’t get caught by “lifestyling” – think about annuitizing your pension pot – says Claer Barrett

I’m not an advocate of DC options in the long term but I have a lot of time for Claer Barret and her advice for the wealthy readers of the Financial Times. There are other things that a Chancellor could … Continue reading

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How popular is Reform with the business community and will that change?

  Not having been to Reform’s Birmingham Conference, I can’t give a first hand report. As I have said on this blog, business – whether in financial markets or elsewhere, need to take Reform seriously and the Times report that … Continue reading

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This problem isn’t over for 5m leased households – TILL ANDY BURNHAM TAKES ACTION.

Yesterday, late on Friday afternoon the Directors of the leasehold management company  of 5 and 6 Friar Street sat down to discuss how we could manage our property. We would have liked to have done so as the owners of … Continue reading

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Where else can you ask questions to LCP partners about collective pensions for free?

Join us at 10.30 am on Tuesday September 8th for a cracking conversation with two of Britain’s top CDC consultants. I am aware of charge-out rates for top consultants at top consultancies and I’m amazed that two such – Helen … Continue reading

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Problems with American annuities do not bode well for British pensions selling at a discount.

I cannot see a happy end to this story – either in America – or in Britain, where much of annuity insurance written is backed by American insurers and American private credit. In America, annuities do go belly up and … Continue reading

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Mortgages under threat like in 2008?

British banks are increasingly pledging higher-risk assets such as loans linked to high-interest store cards and vehicle leases as collateral at ​the Bank of England, a Reuters review of BoE filings shows. This explanation comes from Reuters, a team who … Continue reading

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Gordon Aitken finds M&G adds value to bulk annuities while I see it “leaseholder stripping”

M&G has a business that can grow, it can grow through its with profits “Prufund” which I think could do other things than back bulk purchase annuities. Gordon has discovered that the key that turns the lock for Prufund is … Continue reading

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CAPAdata creates a workplace pension benchmark to judge VFM with.

Below is Corporate Adviser’s good news for those measuring the performance of workplace pension money. I find it extraordinary that this is not getting more publicity but suspect that where it should be news , this is seen as competition. … Continue reading

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