Gordon Aitken (and others) may disagree with you. gordonmaitken.substack.com/p/i-said-insurers-were-funding-british
A perception that the self-employed don't like pensions is overstated as many of the self-employed save on their tax bills…
Hello Henry, Our insurers could do more for Britain etc Reference your sentences : '...For this means our pension funds…
Agreed JM. There is a philosophical gap over the respect of private property rights that fuels this, and more. I’ve…
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Richard Smith’s everywhere but nowhere more accessible than tomorrow at 10.30 am!
Even when Richard’s not there in presence he seems to be there in spirit! I’ve listened to 90 minutes of the VFM podcast where he gets more mentions than Arsenal. Continue reading
WTW’s Glyn Bradley tells the podcast that VFM should measure pension as a service.
In this episode of V-FM Pensions hosts Darren and Nico talk to WTW Senior Director and Chair of the IFoA Pensions Board, Glyn Bradley. Continue reading
Vanguard-urging us to save harder and convert out pot to pension is not working.
Vanguard has produced a document whose aims I most approve of but whose recommendations make no sense. Continue reading
Royal London’s IGC report – a brave document.
Thanks to Colin Stewart , Chair of Royal London’s Independent Governance Committee. These reports have been running since 2016 so this is the 10th anniversary and the 11th time I’ve reported on Royal London. This is an excellent report (though … Continue reading
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A good week for Torsten Bell and pension politics.
We were lucky to keep Torsten Bell as Pension Minister when Andy Burnham became Prime Minister. The Pension Schemes Act, the ongoing development of CDC and now the reform of the state pension to open the way for affordable long term care are an achievement in two years. Continue reading
TPR – can we have VFM scores at half time and full time!
We want scores at full time not just half time. Can we have results in a league table so savers can figure out the Value For their Money? Continue reading
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Tagged Emma Douglas, Full time, half-time, pensioners, Pensions, TPR, VFM
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Andy Burnham puts forward proper welfare reform for the right to get mad at.
We’ve hoped for welfare reform like this all century, now that we’ve got it, we should welcome it and do our bit to make it happen. That means stopping moaning and accepting change. Continue reading
The state pension age and the pension that follows still dominates our “future for retirement”
Most of us still expect a reasonable wage in retirement based on what the state pension offers plus a second pension from work. Why do we need a roadmap for that? Continue reading
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Tagged Pensions, Standard Life, state pension, Targets, workplace Pensions
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Pensions UK start to acknowledge CDC as a collective pension
CDC In Practice speaking session at the Pensions UK Annual Conference is now on the programme agenda. Continue reading
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Tagged Aptia, CDC, CDC pension, Collective Pension, Pensions, Pensions UK
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Glyn Bradley objects to DC pensions selling a “falling income product”
Time to get real: building guided retirement in a world with inflation – the thoughts of Glyn Bradley Continue reading
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