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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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
Retirement CDC – uniquely legislated for one master trust?
Turning pots to pensions continues to be a subject that excites audiences who are committed to DC. This week Tom McPhail and James Hawkins appear to have had a good argument about whether Retirement CDC is an irrelevance with the … Continue reading
A leasehold bill is coming but it’s watered down
What was needed and was called for within parliament will not be set down in a bill. Leaseholders will still be at the mercy of rapacious property managers. Continue reading
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We have a false faith in Government to sort all our care worries.
I worry that we’ll go back to the old comfort that the NHS will take care, Government cannot pay for that from its dwindling coffers. Continue reading
Things not many pension consultants will advertise
It is a timely reminder that good retirement outcomes may depend less on creating more options and more on making well-designed decisions on members’ behalf. Continue reading
UK Insurance comes under more pressure from American Private Equity
Elsewhere, Blackstone, recent friend to L&G in helping fund the L&G buy-in/out deals- is turning to by-passing insurers altogether.. Continue reading
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Tagged annuities, Blackstone, BPA, buy-in, L&G, Nuy-out, Pensions
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Pension, health and housing – welfare for those working and retired.
Welfare is tripartite; pension, health and housing . This Conference will deal with the two that pension people need to better understand. Continue reading
Should USS invest for growth or lock down its assets?
I know that many members of USS read this blog and some members of its executive. I hope this is interesting and fair. If you have a view please use the comments below as your correspondence is always informed. Continue reading
Can we get back to pensions please? A request to the thinkers.
It is time that someone stuck his hand up for collective pensions (aka CDC). I will , because no-one would at the rash of “DC” conferences this week Continue reading
Will Sandbrook and “happiness” as a measure for VFM
How can all this money being spent by Will and the other Thinkers” be credited as “value”. Can it be justified as “happiness” and if so- to who? Continue reading
[…] has had posted his recent article on my blog last week and you can read it here. His focus…