Tag Archives: pensions
Pensions coming out of lockdown!
Let’s put the past behind us I’ve just published a blog where I criticise Pension Age, CACEIS and DC fiduciaries for not telling it straight on what we are paying for pensions and whether we’re getting value for this money. … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Covid-19, Lockdown, Moving forward, pensions
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Pension experts and enthusiastic amateurs
A pinch of actuarial salt. Mike Harrison is for my money a pension expert and has every right to rattle my cage. OK. I’ll keep reading your stuff, Henry, as I like your pro-member stance, but if you’re not a … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Covid-19, David Hare, Mike Harrison, pensions, Pinch of salt
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A whole new can of “defaults”
The Pension Regulator’s found a new can of worms to open. This time it relates to a very local problem but creates some difficulties for those running and governing DC pensions. As the vast majority of money going into DC … Continue reading
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Tagged default, pensions, Savers, SIPPS, workplace Pensions
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Increasing pension scam awareness
As AgeWage prepares for its journey into the FCA Sandbox, we are becoming more aware of the vulnerability of ordinary people to pension scams. We are really worried about the impact of unemployment, especially on those who are over … Continue reading
“Your pension data could be taken down and used against you”
The last two weeks has seen Professional Pensions going data barmy with not one, not two but three stories extolling the use of personal data to manage pension scheme risks. The first is a gentle and sympathetic article by Michelle … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, digital, pensions
Tagged BA, digital, Fraser Smart, Karen Quinn, Michelle Cracknell, pensions, Quietroom
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Will Covid unite us and make us kinder?
This little survey by the Office of National Statistics has gone unreported. But it’s worth thinking about. United? There were two Questions: How united or divided do you think Britain was before the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak?; How united or divided … Continue reading
Why the pension dashboard should accelerate.
The Pension Management Institute hosted a webinar last week featuring Chris Curry and his Dashboard Delivery team, hosted by Lesley Carline, the PMI’s president. It was a good hour with an excellent question process which led to an interactive session. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Curry, Dashboard, Pension Dashboard, pensions, PMI
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Saving up, spending down – are our finances having a good war?
There is of course no such thing as a good war and there’s no good pandemic either. But personal finances for the mass affluent appear to be improving through lockdown, at least that’s what data coming out of Pension Bee … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Pension Bee, pensions, war
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“The way we were” – DWP AE Evaluation
In normal times, the publication of a major Government review of auto-enrolment would be newsworthy. Apart from a series of mentions by Jo Cumbo, I have seen no publicity for it – from the DWP or their press office or … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, auto enrolment, DWP, pensions, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Wishing the Payroll Bureau Association well!
In March 2020, a group of 14 UK payroll bureau managers came together with two things in common; a passion for their sector and a desire to change the support structure in which they operated. After many phone calls, virtual … Continue reading