Tag Archives: PPI

A great report on tax injustice from the ABI at prayer.

Posted on June 24, 2020 by

It’s a good and timely report and its analysis of inequality is excellent. But it is only addressing a quarter of the Government’s incentives bill and the solution it models is a lot more painful to the mass-affluent than the report implies Continue reading →

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On our front door – the trial of Manita Khuller.

Posted on November 19, 2019 by

Manita Khuller represented herself in court yesterday taking on  on FNB International, which she claims is responsible for the loss of a £170,000 pension pot. She is up against lawyers Carey Olsen , originators of the Carey SIPP who are … Continue reading →

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Lost your pension? Play snakes and ladders – for all the DWP cares!

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

This morning I will be on local radio with five minutes to answer this question. The question’s prompted by a listener to Hereford and Worcester Radio who is sure he/she had a pension with someone somewhere but can’t remember much … Continue reading →

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Taylor – the Full Monty or a stitch-up?

Posted on November 16, 2017 by

  I was asked to comment on the impact of the Taylor Report on Payroll at the Reward Autumn Update. Though I had been promised a script from Matthew Taylor himself, it never turned up – maybe I was stitched … Continue reading →

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Pension promises- “second hand not second rate”.

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

There’s an old Elvis Costello song (Senior Service) which talks about the DWP They took me in the office and they told me very carefully The way that I could benefit from death and disability I thought of it as … Continue reading →

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Pension Policy Institute – the NEW pensions landscape

Posted on November 30, 2016 by

Back in 2003 when the Pension Policy Institute was born, it produced a report on the pension state of the nation . PPI now means a bung from a bank and any google search for it’s likely to compromise your … Continue reading →

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Time to tell it to people straight?

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

There is no engineering miracle that will put Britain’s pensions back on track. Indeed many people have never been to the station. The guaranteed pensions that flourished at a time of high interest rates and commensurate growth in the stock market … Continue reading →

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“Rape and Kill” – why the public are turning off retirement advice.

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

Thanks to the PPI for the second Future Book – Unravelling Workplace Pensions. The 2016 Edition of the PPI’s study on workplace pension is published today. Getting data on the state of workplace pensions has always been tricky. If you … Continue reading →

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No value without trust- PPI on “value for money”

Posted on May 5, 2016 by

Yesterday , the Pensions Policy Institute  delivered its “Value for money in DC workplace pensions” paper. The report can be read or downloaded from this link The central thrust of which was that “value ” was undervalued and too much … Continue reading →

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Should the FCA oversee mastertrusts?

Posted on October 23, 2015 by

That was the question that was asked by one of the panellists at the launch of the PPI’s “Comparison of the regulatory frameworks for DC pensions. I am listed as one of the people providing input to the production of … Continue reading →

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