Tag Archives: Pensions UK

Jamie Fiveash – a good choice for Pension UK’s next three years.

Posted on May 29, 2026 by henry tapper

We shouldn’t under-estimate the challenge facing UK Pensions and Pensions UK. The DC pension boom of the past fifteen years has now to turn pots into pensions A challenge to these “pensions” from CDC cannot be kicked down the alley … Continue reading →

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A quiet Kings Speech but pensions has some digestion to do.

Posted on May 14, 2026 by henry tapper

Pensions UK are right to put the emphasis on our getting secondary legislation right I hope we can put behind us arguments about fiduciary duty and focus on getting the important framework of the Pension Schemes Act , implemented in … Continue reading →

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From Pensions UK to CDC ; from St Johnstone to St Andrews

Posted on April 23, 2026 by henry tapper

I enjoy the passion of those who comment on my blog. I am amazed by the quantity, quality and diversity of comment that I get over social media. Mostly through anonymous comment on my blog and occasionally from the irrepressible … Continue reading →

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Common sense should win through and pensions should not repeat past follies

Posted on April 15, 2026 by henry tapper

The headline seems a disaster for pensions. The ABI and those preying on open DB pensions, are quick to point to the need to insure away the risk of pension paying people deferred pay  in later life. If you had … Continue reading →

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Rory Sutherland- why can’t we sell contributing to pensions better?

Posted on April 9, 2026 by henry tapper

Why can’t we sell our pension contribution story better? I can watch the wonderful discussion between Rory and Pensions UK and his subsequent speech on the final day of the Investment Conference last month. Unfortunately  you can’t unless you have … Continue reading →

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Why the Government must have back-stop control of pension investment

Posted on March 17, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Is this the best that the insurance lobby can do?

Posted on March 15, 2026 by henry tapper

  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 →

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A trip up north at a time of fear.

Posted on March 9, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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LGPS must stop sitting on its surplus or it will be changed by popular demand

Posted on February 25, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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Torsten Bell would make a good Chancellor one day

Posted on February 21, 2026 by henry tapper

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 →

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