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AI makes a few rich , some have a pension halo but the rest of us?
The good , the bad and the vulnerable middle. I see a lot of people whose jobs are safe enough for the moment, they are utility workers, those who depend on capital intensive industry , largely still public owned (the … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Investment, Pensions, public sector, Technology, utilities
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Populism in the shape of Richard Tice knocks on the door of public sector pensions.
Mary McDougall and Anna Goss have picked up for the FT on some outspoken statements from Reform on Public Sector Pensions You can read an excellent article free here, or mail me for a link – henry@agewage.com I mentioned in … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Emmerson, Glyn Jenkins, IFS, Mary McDougall, public sector, reform, Richard Tice, UNISON
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Dalriada and Smart – do you know why people still invest rubbish AVCs?
I saw this advert and received this invite and accepted. AVCs and small DC pots may be small in value — but their governance, data, and compliance risks are anything but. In this exclusive webinar, Dalriada and expert partners will … Continue reading
OBR says Gilts are in the pension graveyard – hope they’re right!
Earlier this week I blogged on the EC’s worry that pension schemes are falling out of love with owning gilts. Today, Toby Nangle, the fellow who makes macro-economics accessible to fools like me, backs up the contention that UK pension … Continue reading
A lifetime view on rewarding the Public Sector
There were two positions on public pensions and public pay. The view articulated by a Minister is that civil , healthcare, teaching and other Government paid workers should have more control of how much they get in their pay packet … Continue reading
Is “pension-flex” the way forward for public sector pensions?
Would you like to have the choice of taking higher take-home pay at the expense of less-generous pension contributions? https://t.co/XDecEiapZ6 — Civil Service World (@CSWnews) July 31, 2024 The government should scrap success profiles and offer civil servants the choice … Continue reading
All quiet on the dashboard front? Don’t be so sure
Supply Richard Smith and I spent over an hour talking and answering questions about the pensions dashboard to a large group of pension specialists working in the public sector. The event was hosted by EY and organized through the CIPP. … Continue reading
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Tagged CIPP, Dashboard, EY, Pensions, public sector, Richard Smith
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What’s happening to your public sector pension?
This blog is written for those in public sector pensions who are interested in how their pensions in retirement are likely to be affected by Government interventions. It looks at the difficult areas for those in defined benefit schemes, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil service, fire workers, LGPS, NHS, Pensions, public sector, Teachers, Tony Goldstone
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Public sector worker? Two great ways to boost your pension.
This chart is from LCP’s excellent paper “the ski-slope of doom” which explains that a generation of workplace savers employed in the private sector will no longer be getting DB pensions but inferior DC pots (which they will have to … Continue reading
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Tagged AVC, AVC Wise, Jeff Houston, LGPS, Pensions, public sector, Shared cost
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McCloud and member choice
It has been a big week for public sector pensions. Hot on the heels of the Government’s decision not to grant high earning NHS members pension freedoms, it announced yesterday how it was going to manage member choice for the … Continue reading