Tag Archives: Public Sector Pensions
What will these pension freedoms cost the Treasury?
There appear to be two versions of the Treasury’s costings of these new found freedoms we’ll be getting post April 2015. The first were published at the time of the budget and (with the proviso that the Treasury don’t know … Continue reading
Making every minute count -effective Guidance at Retirement
Many people say that you cannot do much to really help people in a thirty minute guidance session. I disagree; more importantly, Michelle Cracknell disagrees. Michelle is the CEO of The Pension Advisory Service … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment
Tagged advice, At REtirement, Budget, Business, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, Government, Guidance, pension, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, TPAS
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“Something will turn up” – the Pensions PlayPen Lunch 12th May
Something usually turns up at a Pension PlayPen lunch. At yesterday’s lunch I had to wait till injury time to get my Eureka moment and it came from a first time luncher – Chris Radford. Chris’ contention was that when … Continue reading
The new Mastertrust Assurance Framework (MAF)
Amidst the deluge of new consultations, the joint consultation on the Mastertrust Governance has been pretty well lost to sight. Published last week it can be found here. It’s the work of a group of accountants (organised by the ICAEW) … Continue reading
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Tagged Auditor, Business, Employment, Financial services, Good governance, governance, Government, MAF, Mastertrust, MAstertrust Assurance Framework, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, pensions, Practitioner, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement
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How pensions are impacted by the bank bonus culture
State Street need something better than the “need and greed” culture that fostered these frauds and Mastertrusts and IGCs need something better than the toothless response to these excesses Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, State Street, target date funds
Tagged Bank, Bankers, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, State Street
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“What’s it like to be retired?”
It could be the trending chant at any event that Alex Ferguson turns up to – a taunt to a man who having lost control has seen slump into mundanity in a few short months. Financial wellbeing in later life … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, Bankers, Facebook, Financial Education, First Actuarial, pension playpen, pensions, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions, steve webb
Tagged annuity, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, ILC, Insurance, Investment, Life annuity, London, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, SDAI, Society, Steve Webb, United States, University of Bristol
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Honest research from Towers Watson on employer attitudes to workplace pensions
I have a lot of respect for Towers Watson. They may be big but they have kept their integrity through their expansion and the people who work for them demonstrate a focus on their customers and an intellectual integrity that … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, DB, dc, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Public Sector Pensions, Research, Retirement, Roger Urwin, Steve Webb, Towers Watson, twitter, workplace pension
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A capacity crunch?
The prospect of debating whether we get a capacity crunch in Auto-enrolment drew a capacity-crunching crowd to Wragge & Co.’s offices yesterday afternoon. Under the convenance of heroically quiffed Andy Agethangelou, some 50 of us attended a symposium on the current state … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Capacity crunch, CIPP, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Politics, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Standard Life, Steve Webb, twitter, United States
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There’s nothing stopping SMEs purchasing good pensions
This article plugs the needs for good pension purchasing and argues that both in terms of quality (governance) and quantity (supply) , employers have never had it so good. There is a lot of talk at the moment about DC … Continue reading
The value of the triple-lock,
No doubt there will be many commentators who will sneer at this promise of Cameron’s. I will not be one of them. Continue reading