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A fudge on mandation to get a Pension Schemes Act? I don’t think so!
The FT are clear about mandation of commercial pension schemes to toe the line . The new word is “capped” which is tantamount to a fudge on mandation that will keep the ABI and all they command quiet. “Capped”, is … Continue reading
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Just, L&G, Aviva, USS and Hymans write to Reeves explaining how to finance UK growth
Keating and Aubrey told us how gilts could not do the job. Last September Thomas Aubrey and Con Keating highlighted the inanity of the Government’s plan to finance with gilts the growth needed for new towns and growth that is … Continue reading
We are planning for pensions to fail and that is not a way for Britain to grow,
This appears in Mary McDougall’s timeline for her recent posting, I guess it was two months ago that this snippet appeared and I missed it but it seems rather more important since the Aberdeen/Stagecoach Pension deal. There is a future … Continue reading
Is financial services doing well? “we’ll hear it is today
There are many reasons for those working in the City to feel concerned. There is a log in any signs of recovery that our public markets are recovering, we are going through a lag in recovery in house prices after … Continue reading
Mrs Reeves and Pensions ; the full unexpurgated version
The following is a blog from Professor Michael Bromwich, speaking from a career in economics , a statesman for the London School of Economics. It appeared earlier in a truncated version, this is the blog in its entirety. Mrs … Continue reading
Mrs Reeves and Pensions (V2)
The following is a blog from Professor Michael Bromwich, speaking from a career in economics , a statesman for the London School of Economics. It appeared earlier in a truncated version, this is the blog in its entirety. Mrs … Continue reading
Public Spending will fall when productivity improves..
Thanks Steve There is in the departments that touch on pensions (and it’s more than HMT and DWP) a malaise at this moment because Government is failing to show a direction. Steve Groves would have Government cut back and so … Continue reading
Priorities for delivery of pension pain? – The latest HMT fishing.
The Government continues its fishing expeditions on budget taxation withe the FT being given the job of promoting the levying of national insurance on employer contributions into people’s pensions, this would include contributions made by savers who elect to sacrifice … Continue reading
!066 and all that!
The deadest of jokes, but one that’s well made. Laurence Field went to my uni after I’d gone to work but I guess we’d have been friends if we’d met then. I hope that we’ll find a way to … Continue reading
Rachel and Torsten plan raid on pension national insurance perks
Steve Webb has this to say. I don’t normally pay too much attention to pre-Budget speculation, but this one in the Telegraph has the ring of truth about it, especially just a few weeks before the Budget. Capping (but probably … Continue reading