Tag Archives: Pot
Should private equity fill the pot holes on the road to retirement?
The FT report that the Private Equity lobby in the United States can’t wait for President Trump V 2.0. So it’s time to tap people’s pension pots. It should be noted that the existing purchasers know what they are … Continue reading
Standard Life and Dalriada offer a port in the storm.
Well done Dalriada and Standard Life for setting up a “safe haven” for those who’ve been scammed out of their pension savings. What’s left – after the scammers, lawyers and advisers have had their cut deserves a safe haven and … Continue reading
Rachel Reeves gets off the pot
There can be few more controversial issues for those who would have a gender neutral workplace than the status of the urinal. How men and women empty their bladders is different and so are the receptacles they use. When Rachel … Continue reading
Pension SuperHaven – “so people have a pension, not just a savings pot”.
In March, Professional Pensions reported that Pension SuperHaven was being launched by the organisation that pioneered the concept of the pension superfund. At the time, the idea that a DC pension scheme could offer DB pensions was seen as … Continue reading
Pension Dashboards -no pot should be left behind
Pensions dashboards are an electronic communications service, that will revolutionise the way people interact with their pensions by allowing individuals to see their pensions information, including the State Pension, in one place online – at the touch of their laptop, … Continue reading
Labour vows to put the lid back on the pension pot.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…. NEW: Labour confirm they would reverse the decision to scrap the pensions lifetime allowance cap. They call it “the wrong priority, at the wrong time, for the … Continue reading
Too many schemes, too many pots, too little pension!
We need to sort out pensions and we pensions need to sort out the climate. These are the challenges we face and I’m pleased to see Government is on to them! Over the weekend , I tried to put the … Continue reading
Why self-service for pension choice may not be enough
It is odd thinking of the work that goes into the valuation of Defined Benefit Schemes, that so little has been done to help individuals value their DC pots. I don’t mean by that the monetary worth of a DC … Continue reading
Still no evidence that pots are becoming pensions!
There’s not been much discussion about the HMRC’s latest update on what’s being drawn down from our pensions and what there has been has interpreted the data differently. Alistair Mcqueen has tweeted positively New pension freedom data out today. Total … Continue reading
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Green pensions? How the DWP are looking to take the luck out of the pot.
Gina Miller is right on this Encouraging people to go green with their #pensions is an excellent aspiration but be very cautious @GuyOpperman Until @TheFCA protects consumers by granting 100% transparency of holdings, acts to stop #greenwashing – this could … Continue reading
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Tagged Department for Work and Pensions, ESG, Green, Impact investment, luck, Pensions, Pot, SRI
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