Tag Archives: RailPen
Ground Rents don’t seem to be doing much good for pensions either.
Let’s start by looking at the problem with ground rents from the perspective of someone on or getting on the housing ladder. Ground rents are toxic. They’re stopping people getting mortgages. They’re stopping sales. The market is dead in certain … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Commercial Property, ground rent, leasehold, Pensions, Property, RailPen, Retail P{roperty
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Can pensions save the planet? Not with TPR’s proposed DB funding code!
I received an interesting update earlier today on a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference on ‘Can Pensions Save the Planet?’ One of the people talking was Caroline Escott from Railpen, covering some of the important work Railpen has … Continue reading
DB pensions are in a hole, let’s swap the DWP’s spade for a ladder
Bowles my liege… It’s a great shame to read Guy Opperman excising Sharon Bowles amendment to the Pensions Act. The Bowles amendment would give open pension schemes the capacity to be funded as ongoing concerns rather than being … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, DWP
Tagged Con Keating, Guy Opperman, LCP, Pension Schemes Bill, Pensions, RailPen, Sharon Bowles
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