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Democratising pensions in Manchester
Diverse accross the ages The pictures above are from the library supplied journalists by the PLSA, they are what the PLSA would like you to think they are about, and yesterday’s sessions really were about youth. But young is as … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged #, Manchester, pensions, PLSA, Salford, You and Yours
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Up in Manchester for #PLSAannual19
Well I’m up in rainy Manchester in my AirBnB just off Canal Street in Manchester, thinking of how to spend the two and a half days of #PLSAannual most constructively. I’ve gratefully accepted the PLSA’s offer of a press pass … Continue reading
Lord share their data – but not yet!
Augustine’s wayward prayer – “Lord, make me holy – but not yet”, sprung to mind as I sat with the dashboardistas in Parliament yesterday. The Government’s “Pensions Dashboards – working together for the consumer” is a pretty vague document which … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, Dashboard, pensions
Tagged ABI, Dashboard, Data, Pension Dashboard, pensions, PLSA
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Open pensions – not closed meetings!
In advance of an expected announcement on the pensions dashboard on Monday, Frank Field has published a letter to Guy Opperman and his Work and Pensions Select Committee and has published the findings of a round table with the “pension … Continue reading
Posted in Dashboard, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged ABI, AgeWage, Amber Rudd, Dashboard, Frank Field, Guy Opperman, IA, open pensions, pensions, PLSA
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Pensions “Shock and Awe”
Next week looks like being a big one for Pensions with the Pensions Minister summoning the dasboardistas to Westminster on Monday morning for the big reveal. This meeting is scheduled to last an hour and will mean I will be … Continue reading
Posted in alvin hall, pensions
Tagged ABI, Costs and charges, Frank Field, IA, lipkin, meech, pensions, PLSA, Transparency, Work and Pensions
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How small schemes can win (with no surrender)!
I’m listening to Bruce Springsteen – “no retreat, baby no surrender” A useful note about “the consolidation opportunity” sits in my inbox. It’s from Con Keating who had been studying the ONS data on how pension schemes invest their money. He … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, napf, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged CMA, Consultants, Index, pensions, PLSA, small schemes
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Less sales – more trustees please.
I was jogged out of my Friday night lethargy by this picture. Aon’s master trust has just been awarded a “Pension Quality Mark” by the PLSA. I find this picture quite disturbing. The pensions minister Guy Opperman (right) is featured … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged #PLSAANNUAL, Aon, mattingly, Mortimer, Nash, Opperman, pensions, PLSA, trust
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A lot not happening! PLSA update
As the PLSA conference winds down and attendees return home, they will be left wondering what hasn’t happened. A lot of debate didn’t happen because those most wanting to debate were not at the Conference. Thankfullly we had expert … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Politics, Popcorn Pensions, Retirement
Tagged consolidation, jo cumbo, Opperman, pensions, PLSA
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Why I’m not at the PLSA conference today
I’m writing at 6am, soon I will be getting on a train to Manchester which will be full of people going to the PLSA Conference. I won’t be going to that Conference, instead I will be visiting Sage’s accountant support office … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Aberdeen, Gupta, oncference, pensions, PLSA, Yeovil Town
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First Actuarial- proud to work for you!
I had a nice surprise over breakfast; whizzing through my emails I found that while I’ve gone on holiday, they’ve issued a FAB press release! 50:50 claim by PLSA is “dangerously misleading” says First Actuarial First Actuarial chastises the … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Deficit, FABI, first actuarial, Infrastructure, pensions, PLSA
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