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New Improved Pension Statements on the way.
Ruston Smith and Quietroom We need improved annual statements from our workplace pensions because…. Many annual statements are too long, complicated and include jargon As people have savings with many providers, they get different statements at different times of … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual statement, auto enrolment, DWP, pension, Pensions, Quietroom, ruston smith, Tesco
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Do you want to advise BSPS members in their “time to choose”?
This blog is for financial advisers, though anyone, including BSPS members, may find it useful. Financial advisers are urgently required by these members who are in their “time to choose”. There are two self-help groups for BSPS members. One is for all … Continue reading
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Tagged BSPS, financial advice, pensions, Quietroom, Time to Choose, transfers
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Self-help – Can you “DIY pensions”?
“The instruction manual is missing” – the first thing my partner said when she opened her new smartphone, I’d kindly donated her for Christmas. I was close to having a Michael Winner moment. “That’s because you learn how to do … Continue reading
What’s the cost of choice?
I and my colleagues are fascinated by financial decisions; who to take out your mortgage with, who to bank with, which ISA to choose and which pension scheme to select for your staff. Which , Money Saving Expert and the … Continue reading
The dark hour of the innovator
Access to knowledge remains a stumbling block to financial education in this country. It is extremely difficult to convert information on what we own into knowledge about how we can use it. This is not a problem peculiar to the financial … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Business and Economy, innovator, payback, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, Pollen, Previnet, Quietroom
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E-Christmas Cards – a very rum idea if you ask me.
What do you do with e-christmas cards? They bother me. “E-Christmas card” is a misnoma, most of these e-thingies seem the product of the thought police who de-risk corporate communications. “Merry” is of course out – a whiff of intoxication … Continue reading
Why don’t people trust pensions and pension sellers? Guest Blog from Mark Scantlebury
These are the unregulated thoughts of seven guys and one gal, having a chat over a Pension Play Pen pint and a pie. Please, don’t construe any of this as any sort of advice. We take no responsibility for what … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Counting House, Employment, Lunch, Pension Play Pen, pension playpen, pensions, Quietroom, Retirement
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The language of trust..Pension Play Pen Lunch- Monday
The Pension Play Pen lunch on Monday (Nov 3rd) will be led by Mark Scantlebury of Quietroom and will discuss the language of trust. The point of the Pension Play Pen Linked in group is to get nearly 6000 people … Continue reading