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Emma – be chair for pension regulation – not just our saving!

Our new chair of The Pensions Regulator will be Emma Douglas. I’ve been working with her since I was at Eagle Star selling corporate DC plans against here when she was at Threadneedle. Both of us were under one owner … Continue reading

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Is the industry ready for a clearer, more accessible, pensions dashboard?

  Yesterday,  Pensions UK took the right step in publishing research it did in September with Yonder Consulting on over 2,000 randomly suggested “savers” hoping for a pension that would meet their later life needs. There is something important here, … Continue reading

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Britain’s problem is not just economics. It’s belief ; Pensions UK March 10-12

Well Christmas is many things , but I wouldn’t expect you to think of it as a halfway point between the annual and investment conferences staged by the NAPF, PLSA  Pensions UK! But we have been hard at it some … Continue reading

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M&G and Rothesay set pensions against leaseholders; enough of this.

  Harry Scoffin is speaking on Tuesday at the Pension PlayPen (11th Nov) and has news for us about the difficulties he has had campaigning on behalf of those with leasehold agreements that are being charged by freeholders for services … Continue reading

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How can we be ignorant but confident our pension will work out for us?

A voice from outside the room,spoke to a packed audience within- keen to hear She was speaking with his Australian counterpart Bec Wilson who I’m also keen to hear from. There were others in the audience listening through the cans … Continue reading

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The pre-97 pensioners who lost their pension – had NO voice at Conference.

Terry Monk rightly points to my blog and asks do I give the prominence to the plight of his generation of pensioners who had the bad luck to find their pensions collapse before the PPF was invented to provide such … Continue reading

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“Pensions UK” has reclaimed “pensions”. Will delegates be “2030 ready” by Thursday?

Next week – 14th-16th October to be precise, we will be in Manchester for the above. “We means pension scheme members of Pensions UK (already PUK to some) , people selling to them and journalists. This year’s conference aims to … Continue reading

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Pensions UK and ABI kick off a day of pensions in Parliament

  This interesting section that kicks off the day contains the two heavyweights Pensions UK and ABI . Rob Yuille and Zoe Alexander. You can watch it from 9.30 to 9.55 on this link Excuse me for giving my reaction … Continue reading

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PC1 put pensions back on track. Will PC2 finish the job?

Thanks to Peter Cameron-Brown for reminding me of where the pensions industry was in 2005 when the original Pensions Commission (PC1) was announcing its findings. This is the NAPF’s (now Pensions UK’s) response to “Turner”. Reading it 20 years later … Continue reading

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Pensions UK’s big days; 14-16 October ; Manchester

It’s that time of the year when you think ahead and have that bit of space to organise. Here’s an event to plan for. Getting to Manchester for lunchtime Tuesday, back home Thursday evening. Getting a decent hotel close enough … Continue reading

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