Tag Archives: Pensions

Can we get back to pensions please? A request to the thinkers.

Posted on September 26, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Will Sandbrook and “happiness” as a measure for VFM

Posted on September 26, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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More whingeing from the wealthy about pension taxes

Posted on September 25, 2026 by henry tapper

The FT moaning this morning that Labour has forced tax free cash out of pensions. That’s before any tax charges have hit- Lord knows what outrage would happen if they seriously reduced tax-perks for those saving for a pension.
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Elitist games – is this what we pay the pension minister to play?

Posted on September 25, 2026 by henry tapper

This sounds good fun – if only for the elite! The great and good brought together by yet another global organisation to raise the profile of DC. Continue reading →

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Most people want and need a pension – the IFOA and BIT tell us

Posted on September 25, 2026 by henry tapper

 People will abandon the “dream freedom” offered; – they want instead deferred pay for the years that they have taken a pay cut Continue reading →

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Pension people- lets elevate our thinking to ‘consumer level’

Posted on September 25, 2026 by henry tapper

To state the bleeding obvious, we should be offering consumers a better retirement income  forecast than we do today. Continue reading →

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De-risking a DC pot with “lifestyle” has no place as default for those still saving.

Posted on September 24, 2026 by henry tapper

Stephen Thomas is a professional thinker. He has no reason to hold back and he doesn’t. Glidepaths and de-risking have no place (for him) for people in their fifties and sixties. Continue reading →

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The market’s thoughts on taxes, budgets and pensions

Posted on September 23, 2026 by henry tapper

Pensions feature prominently in the FT’s guess on John Healy’s thinking on  budget taxes.  Continue reading →

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The guilt we have with pensions is like our guilt about the gym – Torsten Bell

Posted on September 22, 2026 by henry tapper

It’s good to see the Pensions Minister sees the problems with pensions like our problems with going to the gym. We know we should get stuck in but… Continue reading →

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Will CDC challenge DC workplace as the employer’s choice?

Posted on September 22, 2026 by henry tapper

I read with great interest the Professional Pensions “Buzz ” results that asked this question and found a different  result that I would have expected this time last year! Continue reading →

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