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A great report on tax injustice from the ABI at prayer.
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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Tagged ABI, pensions, PPI, Tax, tax relief
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On our front door – the trial of Manita Khuller.
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
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged First Rand, FNB, GFSC, Guernsey, Old Mutual International, OMI, PPI, Professional Portfolio International, scams
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Lost your pension? Play snakes and ladders – for all the DWP cares!
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
Taylor – the Full Monty or a stitch-up?
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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Tagged auto enrolment, gig-economy, Matthew Taylor, pensions, PPI, self-employed, Zurich
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Pension promises- “second hand not second rate”.
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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Tagged David Blake, Economist, Elvis Costello, FABI, PPI, Second best
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Pension Policy Institute – the NEW pensions landscape
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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Tagged auto enrolment, landscape, pensions, Pensions Policy Institute, PPI, Triple-Lock
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Time to tell it to people straight?
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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Tagged auto enrolment, FutureBook, FutureBook2, Google, Infrastructure, internet, pension, PPI, Technology, workplace pension
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“Rape and Kill” – why the public are turning off retirement advice.
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
Posted in drawdown, pensions, PPI
Tagged auto enrolment, dc, decumulation, default, pension playpen, pensions, PPI, Saving, spending, workplace Pensions
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No value without trust- PPI on “value for money”
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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Tagged Pension Policy Institue, Pensions Policy Institute, PPI, TPR, Value for Money, VFM
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Should the FCA oversee mastertrusts?
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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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, DWP, Employment, enforcment, FCA, Financial services, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, PPI, regulation, Retirement, TPR
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