Tag Archives: PPI

Paying rent with retirement wages.

Posted on August 11, 2026 by henry tapper

The PPI and the Pensions Commission  need to find solutions to the problems they have uncovered. After reading the 37 pages of this report (thanks for the prompt Ben Leadbetter) , I am  even more convinced that solutions do not … Continue reading →

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“Guided Retirement” will be hard work!

Posted on June 9, 2026 by henry tapper

I’m a fan of Joey’s message from TPR in advance of the PPI’s report on the defaults that should help savers in turn pots to pensions. I’m a 64 year saver with a pot and no guided retirement yet. It … Continue reading →

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Why “up to 60% more pension” should be a focus of the debate on CDC.

Posted on March 1, 2026 by henry tapper

It is funny what captures the imagination of the pension brother (and to a degree sister) hood. The Pensions Bill has become an argument about mandation of investments and whether Government can have power to implement it to increase funding … Continue reading →

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The capacity for DC pensions to invest productively; Curry/Wright at parliament

Posted on September 6, 2025 by henry tapper

This blog refers to a public interrogation in parliament which you can follow here (starting at 16.16). This conversation is Parliament’s General Committee’s with the CEO of the PPI (Curry is on dashboards too) and William Wright the MD of … Continue reading →

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2023 was “not the time” – is now ripe for state pension change?

Posted on July 21, 2025 by henry tapper

Dr Suzi Morrissey has been called up to look at the State pension 4 years since Baroness Neville Rolfe had a look in 2021 Here is what happened to that review. “Now is not the time!” was the message from … Continue reading →

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Thoughts of an under-employed pension strategist

Posted on February 13, 2024 by henry tapper

All yesterday I was getting texts about the Sunday Times 5 point pension plan. There is nothing that so excites my friends as someone else’s pension agenda, Here is one response I’ve received to yesterday’s blog in which I praised … Continue reading →

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PPI concludes no-one is doing DC pensions properly (yet)

Posted on November 3, 2023 by henry tapper

It’s been a week when everyone from PIC to PPI and stations between has been asking why we’re not making more progress turning our saved wealth to pensions. I modified my view of PIC’s staff that they hated their workplace … Continue reading →

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Finding the right neck of the woods (for DC illiquids).

Posted on February 3, 2022 by henry tapper

The appropriately named Guy Rainbird has commissioned work from the PPI that confirms a belief among many who understand investment trusts, that DC funds would be well advised to access the returns of illiquid assets through investment trusts. I’m quoting … Continue reading →

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PPI celebrates 20th birthday with its UK Pensions Policy framework!

Posted on December 15, 2021 by henry tapper

It’s the Pension Policy Institute’s’s 20th birthday this year and it has marked that achievement with the creation of a new pension framework.   They have published the slides of yesterday’s launch event. PPI the uk-pensions-framework-showcase-slides from Henry Tapper Here … Continue reading →

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Will tomorrow’s pension decisions focus on cost , value or both?

Posted on November 27, 2021 by henry tapper

I’ve now had a chance to properly read the Pension Policy Institute’s ” What is the impact on member outcomes of different non-capped charging structures? It’s a splendid piece of work, and it’s the second important contribution to the debate … Continue reading →

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