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Prospect Union on Reform’s plans for public sector “pensions”.
Prospect is a progressive union when it comes to pensions and I’m pleased they’ve sent me their reaction to Reform’s plan to convert public sector pensions to funded DC pots for those joining in the future If I were a … Continue reading
Prospect – a great union moving pensions forward
If there’s one union that can be relied on for information about pensions, it’s Prospect. As part of its DB inquiry, the @CommonsWorkPen has asked the PPF to update its analysis of providing indexation in respect of pension accrued … Continue reading
Women’s days are not one and done!
International Woman’s day is over and I bet a lot of men like me are thinking it’s time to get back to BAU. BAU is sadly summed up by this report from Prospect that shows that New figures show … Continue reading
Australians propose a $5,000 pension bonus to women starting a family
The UK needs to recognise that the gender pension gap is problem and innovate to address it The proposal by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for women to receive a $5,000 superannuation bonus when they become a … Continue reading
The Pensions Dashboard – remember that?
It’s only been a few weeks since the Government announced its plans for a pensions dashboard but it might have been an age. In the fast moving world of Brexit, all is ephemeral and unless you’ve got a way … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Andy Davies, DWP, Origo, Pensions Dashboard, Prospect
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I’d rather be a Ploughman than Icarus
Today, Tuesday 15th January 2019, will be a historic day in UK politics as the BBC is predicting Mrs May faces the biggest defeat any government has suffered in 100 years. Yesterday she suffered a defeat in the House of … Continue reading
Why pensions must bank on change! We need Open Pensions not a data monopoly.
Bounding on stage like he’d just won the 3.15 at Hexham, Guy Opperman exclaimed The occasion – a Prospect discussion called “Banking on Change; the discussion “what open banking could mean for you”. On an evening where BREXIT was whistling … Continue reading
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Tagged Guy Opperman, Open Banking, pensions, Prospect
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Trade Unions; a necessary agent of change in our pension system
Turn to your weekend FT , you happy capitalists, and you will find two stories relating to monopoly of the big four accountants. The first is a comment piece by John Plender where he looks at why Government has … Continue reading
Why have pensions lost their social purpose?
As a delegate to the conservative party conference, I was invited to submit a discussion topic. I asked that we discussed how we can put Britain’s £2tr pounds of pension wealth to good economic use, whether this money could hold … Continue reading
“Search and Stewardship” – all that we want from asset managers
I spent yesterday morning listening to John Kay talk about the ideas behind his new book “Other people’s Money”. The big idea is that the UK asset management industry spends too much time talking to itself and not enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberdeen, alpha, Asset Managers, Beta, Book, Funds, John Kay, Money, Other People's Money, Prospect
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