Tag Archives: public sector

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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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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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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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

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A gentler way to talk about pensions

  Yesterday afternoon I had a chat with Glyn Jenkins. Most of my conversations with Glyn over the years have been in the bar of Unison’s Marylebone’s offices. Glyn is old school and that means he prioritises people. This chat … Continue reading

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Pension = Wage for life

Sloppy journalism confusing readers. A quick scan of the Daily Telegraph’s Money Pages leaves me hopeless at its hapless reporting of pensions. Somebody should sit down with the whole personal finance team and read them the riot act. Take Mike … Continue reading

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The transfer mess gets worse…

It’s been some weeks since I wrote about transfers. To recap, I have been predicting a seizure in the transfer market , resulting from high demand, low-advisory capacity and pipes blocked with regulatory effluent. So it doesn’t come as a … Continue reading

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Pension PlayPen’s response to the Treasury on pension tax-relief

The Treasury has asked eight great questions which go to the heart of how we incentivise pension saving. Here are our responses. We haven’t formally sent these responses to the Treasury yet, so if you have any comments, please send … Continue reading

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How pensions restrain public sector pay and services.

The latest discussions about how we will manage the nation’s finances are focussing on public sector pay.Nick Clegg tells us that his party will make sure   wages would rise in real terms for two years from 2016, and then … Continue reading

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LTA exposes the DC horror-show.

Because I am on holiday, I am reading the Sunday Papers. Someone has bought the Sunday Times which I haven’t read for at least 2 billion years. I’m left with the business pages and two articles by Ian Cowie about … Continue reading

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