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A letter from Insight’s Jos Vermeulen on how pension surpluses can help the Government out.
My next door neighbour in Blackfriars has written to the FT. He’s close enough to Bracken House to have hand delivered it on foot! Here’s what Jos has to say I read with interest the recent article highlighting surpluses … Continue reading
The PPF will be a better place for those pensioners who’ve had no increases for 30 years
Turner and Newall was a very conspicuous success and a hugely costly failure It was a manufacturing business based in Manchester, United Kingdom. At its peak, it was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange. As part … Continue reading
Common sense should win through and pensions should not repeat past follies
The headline seems a disaster for pensions. The ABI and those preying on open DB pensions, are quick to point to the need to insure away the risk of pension paying people deferred pay in later life. If you had … Continue reading
Why are there still 4,838 DB schemes and what will happen in 2026?
Thanks to the Pension Protection Fund for using its data gathering prowess to keep those of us working in and commentating on pensions, armed with the right information. It’s the latest stuff from the Purple Book and it shows just … Continue reading
Ros Altmann in 2020 on the Pension Action Group’s progress to that date
It has been over 5 years since I published this blog on the Pensions Action Group. My blog is not worth a great deal of time and I enjoy it for a picture I took on the stripper’s beach in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Young, DB, Government, pension, ppf, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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Purple book and PPF letter sheds light on Pre-97 increases (to actuary Colin Haines)
The purple book is out and this is actuary Colin Haines analysis of salient numbers! This blog is for people as the actuarially inclined Colin, William McGrath and Con Keating. I simply share the information that has reached the inbox! … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Colin Haines, Colin keating, Pensions, ppf, Purble Book, William McGrath
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Time for Government to think bigger on Defined Benefit pension surpluses?
I was wondering , when pondering the OBR’s estimates for the taking of surplus out of defined benefit pension schemes why they only expected less than 1% of the money in DB surpluses to make its way into the hands … Continue reading
Why should we build a “disposable” pension system?
This is an argument I am used to and it’s not one that I am comfortable to leave alone. We built a health system, a teaching system and a police and fire brigade to last and we should do the … Continue reading
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Tagged Argument, CDC, Closure, DB, henry tapper, Pension Oldie, ppf, PPF 7800
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“Other people’s money” – The PPF’s shocking surplus
Al Meeks has posted this blog on Linked in I am pleased this question is being asked because there are many in my circle who think there is too much insurance and insufficient initiative. For many companies, buy-out is not … Continue reading