Tag Archives: professional pensions
WTF- AgeWage wins 4 nominations for UKP awards!
I got a call from a journalist friend of mine congratulating AgeWage on being nominated for a Professional Pensions UK Pensions Award. I thought it was a wind up – but being a vain sort, I thought to see if … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions
Tagged Awards, October, professional pensions, UK pensions awards, UKPA
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Pensions need a bonfire of regulation – (Con Keating and Iain Clacher)
This essay is motivated both by the Pensions Regulator’s consultation on its proposed code of practice for scheme funding and by papers published in recent years by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, such as “Actuarial valuations to monitor defined … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, pensions
Tagged Con Keating, DB pensions, Iain Clacher, professional pensions
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So what do pension people want from politicians?
I’ve started so I’ll finish, I will post my views on the Conservative manifesto from a pensions perspective, when it gets published. But as I didn’t have to waste many words on the Liberal policy pleasantary afterthought, I’d look into … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged CDC, Guy Opperman, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, pensions, PP, professional pensions, Steve Webb
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Sailing the strait of Hormuz
While most readers were doing “proper subjects” like maths, I studied English for A level and studied the conceits of metaphysical poets. A conceit is an extended metaphor and tests how far an idea can be taken. Here’s a conceit. … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions
Tagged hormuz, pension, pensions, professional pensions, Strait of Hormuz
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If we can’t measure CETV take up, how can we manage it?
There’s a well known phrase “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. The Government can’t measure the extent of DB transfers and I conclude that they can’t govern the transfer process until they do. Here’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged CETV, FCA, ft, pensions, professional pensions, TPR, Transfer
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DIY Pension Diagnostics – (a data dream)
Most of us know how hard it is to see a Doctor these days, and how easy it is to get medical help online. Most people I know will consult the internet rather before ringing the surgery. If only … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pensions
Tagged CIPP, Payroll, pensions, professional pensions, reward, The Pensions Regulator
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Will “sausage and chips” replace the Lamborghini?
As the initial euphoria of ‘never having to buy an annuity again’ wears off, the prospect of freedoms becomes less appealing Whether ‘sausage and chips’ or ‘chicken in the basket’, the ‘factory gating’ that has gone on in South Wales … Continue reading
Posted in BSPS, pensions
Tagged British Steel, BSPS, lamborghini, Port Talbot, professional pensions, Sausage and Chips
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We need to learn to love the PPF more
Hilary Salt asks “rather than designing new DB superfunds, wouldn’t it be better to grow to appreciate and improve our existing superfund?” It must be frustrating for the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) when the public perception is that to end … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged BHS, Hilary Salt, pensions, ppf, professional pensions, Royal Mail, The Pensions Regulator, USS
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Unlocking DC pricing; the key to getting value for money.
The FCA are commission a template to discover undeclared investment costs in the funds we use. They have finally published PS17/30 which gives IGCs the right to use it in earnest. The DWP are working in tandem on … Continue reading
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Tagged IMA, NDA, Non disclosure, pensions, pricing, professional pensions, unbundling
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