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Why the Government must have back-stop control of pension investment
There is a general feeling that UK pension funds should be investing where they want. I agree that they should, but “how they want” is another matter. Right now there is a trend towards investing in American software, notoriously the … Continue reading
Is this the best that the insurance lobby can do?
The insurance lobby have teamed up with Pensions UK and the right wing press to derail the pension schemes bill. They have landed on a Clause 40 which gives any Government the opportunity to demand money is invested for … Continue reading
A trip up north at a time of fear.
Pensions UK conference is no Pension PlayPen coffee morning. Six years ago we went to Edinburgh for the PLSA (as it was then) Investment Conference. We knew we were on the verge of something very bad (Covid) but we decided … Continue reading
LGPS must stop sitting on its surplus or it will be changed by popular demand
Yesterday I blogged about the failure of LGPS to win the hearts and minds of many in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and West Midlands in general by sharing their £11bn pension fund surplus with the councils and council tax payers. The West … Continue reading
Torsten Bell would make a good Chancellor one day
I don’t spend much time on Twitter but I do follow Torsten Bell. Lately he’s been tweeting a lot about Swansea where he is an MP but occasionally he makes an economic statement that sounds like him and not the … Continue reading
Want to be the next Pensions UK Chair?
The Chair of Pensions UK, Emma Douglas is off to be Chair of the Pensions Regulator and you can’t do both. So Pensions UK needs a change of Chair and this blog is always willing to give Pensions UK a … Continue reading
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
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
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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Tagged M&G, Pensions UK, Rothsay, SIPP, Society of Pension Professionals, TPR
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