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Have any administrator, trustee or employer an excuse – for robbing members?

A tale of woe Steve Webb’s story is of a woman who had over £8,000 which was taken back because she did not take it away from her pension scheme. Steve is at his most sardonic when he employs his  … Continue reading

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Why do people worry about pensions? We should be worried how they’re reported.

There is concern about headlines and photos like this. I can understand that. What young people don’t need is telling they need to work out what charts tell them as they manage their retirement finances. The photo above suggests that … Continue reading

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Timelines for DC, CDC and DB to deliver income with VFM

Not much policy can have ambition to “chart the course to a pensions system fit for the 21st century“. That’s how Torsten Bell talks of his workplace pension work. Here is what the charting of the next ten years looks. … Continue reading

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Changes for turning pots to pension and getting scale for workplace pensions.

Not much policy can have ambition to “chart the course to a pensions system fit for the 21st century“. That’s how Torsten Bell talks of his workplace pension work. Here is what the charting of the next ten years looks. … Continue reading

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Our DC pensions will improve following the Pension Schemes Act; but by £29,000?

David Robbins questions whether a headline in the DWP’s report is responsible. DWP’s press release about the Pension Schemes Bill delivering a “retirement boost of £29k” is absurd for obvious and non-obvious reasons. First, the obvious part. – The projected … Continue reading

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The end for the group personal pension?

John Lapin writes an article I had hoped would be published by  a serious magazine like Corporate Adviser. You can read it here . This is from John Lappin, a most challenging author. The Group Personal Pension had its day … Continue reading

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IHT issues for the dying, their pension administrators and personal representatives

While this blog has been in favour of the Treasury discouraging using pension pots to mitigate Inheritance Tax , it is worried by the latest note coming out of the Treasury’s HMRC. The HMRC has published further detail on good … Continue reading

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Why doesn’t Australia get pensions?

This is a pertinent article for anyone who thinks we should emulate Australia in pensions. The harsh reality is that the Australians don’t get sight of the pension they should be getting, they only get a mysterious pension pot

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Can patients become doctors, can savers become actuaries?

People are confused by pension pots Richard has followed MoneyFarm to that conclusion. Most people understand savings and pensions to be different. Most of us think of pensions not as pots but as pensions that pay us a retirement income … Continue reading

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The Dutch pension system is about to get even better, (so is ours)

The Dutch are enjoying the last day of their old system and from tomorrow will be transitioning to a new pension system. The new pension system will define the contributions workers will get at a rate agreed to buy pension … Continue reading

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