Tag Archives: People’s Pension
State Street and People’s – a lack of “emissional” intelligence?
I am not very happy that People’s Pension has chosen State Street to manage the money under its master trust. In early 2014, State Street were found guilty of over-charging a variety of pension funds and were fined by the … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, annuity, auto enrolment, babloo ramamurthy, Business, DWP, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, People's Pension, Scottish Widows, State Street
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NOW – that’s what I call a puzzler!
NOW Pension’s decision to charge new customers £40pm from October has not gone down well with supporting intermediaries. One grumpy accountant commented We have one client already signed up with Now and about to stage in two weeks. As I … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Helen Dean, Legal and General, NEST, NOW Pension, NOW Pensions, People's Pension, Puzzler, Standard Life
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The FinTech boom ignites with the start-ups!
This chart says something pretty interesting. It tells us that London is the top place in Europe for Financial Technology, it tells us that in terms of performance and market reach, we’re doing great but that we lag in Funding … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, David Cameron, DWP, Ease, Employment, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, ITM, Legal & General, NEST, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, pensionsync, People's Pension, Retirement, Ros Altmann, social media, Systemsync
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Don’t underestimate SME’s hunger for investment know-how!
I am frustrated by the capitulation of many in the pension industry to the challenge faced by inducting 1.2m new employers into our funded pension culture. The Pension Apartheid practiced by the investment elite At a recent event, Joanne Segers, CEO … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education, First Actuarial, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Aviva, democracy, Fidelity, Investment, L&G, NEST, NOW, Pensions Trust, People's Pension, Scottish Widows, Smarter Pensions, Standard Life, Zurich
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Hats off to the Regulator – there is no shortcut to good practice.
When it comes to choosing your workplace pension – there is no shortcut to good practice Continue reading
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Tagged Abacus, Alexander House, DWP, NEST, NOW, pension, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Pensions Regulator, People's Pension, shortcut, the Regulator, TPR, workplace pension
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Why IFA’s have nothing to fear and everything to gain!
This morning I am chairing Money Marketing’s AE Invitational in Swindon. These will be my opening comments to the audience of invited IFAs who I’m looking forward to spending the morning with. ” When I started selling insurance, … Continue reading
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Tagged AE Invitational, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, De Vere Hotels, DWP, Employment, Friendly Pensions, Guidance, IFA, money marketing, pension, Pension new, pensions, People's Pension, Retirement, Sage, Standar Life, Steve Webb, Swindon
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I’ve just been (pension) geeked!
Yesterday, as you probably weren’t aware, was national pension awareness day. I tried to tell you in my Pension Play Pen weekly announcement but did you engage? I thought not September 15th was decreed so by the Pension Geeks among whom … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Employment, Jonathan Bland, pension, Pension Geeks, Pension new, pension playpen, People's Pension, Ralph Turner, YouTube
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Hope for the People
I met yesterday with Jamie Fiveash, a yeoman of Sussex with whom I shared a tuna sandwich and a bowl of soup over lunch. The modest lunch , reflected the modesty with which Jamie explained what the People’s Pension is … Continue reading