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“Can the dashboard ween us off our addiction to pot?” – asks Smith
Richard Smith has just landed on one of the best headlines in pensions this year Thanks Richard Smith for cheering me and I hope a few readers up! We have a discussion about addiction to pot in the UK and … Continue reading
Struggling to compute the risk of being paid a pension by Microsoft?
7.7% of my savings for retirement are invested in one company – Microsoft, more than a quarter in one sector, US technology. By comparison less than 4% of my savings are invested in the UK. When someone who runs a … Continue reading
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It costs a lot if you live on your pot!
I’ve been reading an article in the Times (for Times readers) and I’m pretty struck by this section, by the impact it would have on anyone close to retirement nearing the average “pension pot” of £37k. Even though the average … Continue reading
Nest can produce good things from a pot
I have to say it has been quite a day with a fine breakfast with my friend John Tsalos , discussing ways to spend our DC pots, spending a lunchtime in the company of 65,000 elated football ladies and an … Continue reading
Let’s stop worrying about charges and investment projections. We can do better!
Thanks Richard , I hear your frustration and wonder when smart marketing makes SMPI projections worthless. Individual choice is driven by a Fear of Missing Out and a lifetime being told by regulators to get the best deal that the … Continue reading
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