Tag Archives: Prudential

Do IGC’s improve our value for money?

Posted on August 9, 2018 by

This is the 7th and penultimate blog , addressing the Work & Pensions Select Committee’s questions on pension transparency. This time the exam question is Are Independent Governance Committees effective in driving value for money? My short answer is that … Continue reading →

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IGC Class of 2018 – the results are in – this is how your Chair Report stacks up.

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

    So  here are my ratings for the principal IGC reports that I can find. There may be more reports skulking out there and I’ll be adding them if they get reported to me! As you can see, they … Continue reading →

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Prudential’s IGC get it right – a model Chair report.

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

To understand why the Prudential’s IGC reports are so good, you need to go to first principals and read the opening paragraphs of their value for money definition (oddly sitting on p40 of the report) The IGC’s approach to VfM … Continue reading →

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Prudential RideLondon – we cyclists can behave!

Posted on July 30, 2017 by

  I spent Saturday in the saddle of a Boris Bike, rotating through the Cities of Westminster and London along with thousands of others. I saw one accident and didn’t hear one angry voice. Though we reduced in numbers as … Continue reading →

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Who’s kidding whom – on DC pension governance?

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

I was “privileged” to spend a whole day with one of the many employer groups we have in Britain.  This meeting brought together Directors (especially FDs and Heads of HR) of  Research and Technology organisations. When I say privileged – … Continue reading →

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Property , liquidity and the merit of doing nothing

Posted on July 6, 2016 by

News that Standard Life , M&G (the Pru) and Aviva have put up the shutters on their property funds is dominating the headlines. We are used to being able to move our money around the market with “impunity”. I put … Continue reading →

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Wanted for listing – IGC/GAA Chair reports

Posted on April 7, 2016 by

Pension Plowman’s Directory At this week’s Stewardship meeting of the transparency task force, someone asked if there was a Directory of the IGC’s that have been published so far. There wasn’t until then, but I sent round the links of … Continue reading →

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Prudential’s IGC report – good stuff (with crap PR)

Posted on March 12, 2016 by

  Prudential’s Independent Governance Committee has published its Chairman’s report and you can read it here. You cannot find this link on www.pru.co.uk nor has there been any notice of its publication to the public via either of Pru’s two … Continue reading →

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Hats off to all workplace pension providers

Posted on December 11, 2014 by

  I’ve referred earlier this week to an excellent article by Kim North in Money Marketing in which she points to the ongoing work Scottish Widows have been doing on the participation of women in workplace pensions. In the same … Continue reading →

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Some of our insurers are missing

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

What have all these insurers got in common?
Answer, you can’t buy one of their personal pensions today.
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