Tag Archives: pensions
Will MAPS “Challenge Groups” challenge?
I am “delighted” to say I am not part of the Money and Pensions latest strategic initiative and have not been invited to lead or join any of their new challenge groups as detailed on their website. I don’t think … Continue reading
Posted in MAPS, Money Advice Service, pensions, TPAS
Tagged challenge, LTC, MAPS, MAS, Money and Pensions Service, pensions, TPAS
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Do we long-term care?
There’s an elderly care crisis in the UK. Action must be taken now, or the country’s ability to look after elderly people will collapse by 2029. Our report with @cebr_uk looks at why this has happened, and what we can … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, annuity, Consolation, pensions
Tagged Aviva, Care annuity, Irwinn Mitchell, Just, Legal & General, long term care, pension annuity, pensions
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“Asleep at the wheel” The Millers catalogue our regulatory woes.
Campaigner Gina Miller is asking for an Independent Review of the Appointment of the Next Governor of the Bank of England and the FCA in the Face of a Catalogue of Regulatory Failures Leading to Catastrophic Consumer Detriment The True … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, pensions
Tagged Alan Miller, BOE, FCA, Gina Miller, HBOS, Lloyds Banking Group, pensions, regualtion
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Jennifer Davidson asks whether stock-lending’s responsible investment?
Someone told me yesterday that successful people read and failures watch TV. I read this article with the TV on in the background, I can’t remember what was on but the article grabbed me and it grabbed me again when … Continue reading
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Tagged GPIF, Japan, Jennifer Davidson, LCP, pensions, stock lending
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Pentechs – time for us to get organised?
I’m running a meeting in WeWork Moorgate on 4th March at 4pm. The seminar is for people who are serious about pensions technology as a service. I mean technology as a means of improving the efficiency and value for … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions, Technology
Tagged AgeWage, FDATA, FinTech, Gavin Littlejohn, PensionBee, pensions, Pentech, Romi Savova
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If Tyson Fury did GMP….
Sackers partner Claire Carey said that because the guidance makes clear that an increase to benefits solely for GMP equalisation purposes will not count as ‘benefit accrual’, and so should not result in the loss of fixed protection, those … Continue reading
What is MAPS doing for the elderly poor?
Why don’t those poor and old claim their benefits? It’s benefits not savings that top up the in retirement income of millions of British citizens, but the amount of time devoted to benefit take-up (as compared to savings rates) is … Continue reading
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Tagged MAPS, Pension Credit, pensions, state pensions, Universal Credit
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Have the Treasury got a pension plan – or just a jerky knee?
You might not like the thought of paying tax on your pension contributions, but it’s coming They’ve done it once and they could do it again. The Treasury could change pension saving as radically as they changed pension spending. … Continue reading