Tag Archives: Retirement

Things can only get better: for pensions – and for Britain too!

  Over the weekend, I have had a number of conversations with friends who find the proposition from Andy Haldane that this Government incentivises “effective investment” into the UK with home-bias taxation. I know that we have not heard the … Continue reading

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You think the USA’s a good place to grow old- the Wall Street Journal disagrees.

Sometimes we forget about how Europe in general and Britain in particular , has unity within its boundaries. The United States of America don’t look too united when it comes to delivering retirement income and healthcare to their citizens. Here … Continue reading

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Is this how young people should save for retirement?

  Here is an article placed by the BBC for ordinary people to read about what’s going on to finance their later life It will come as a surprise to people inside the pension bubble that Kevin Peachey can write … Continue reading

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Statistics make financial sense of getting old- the start but not the end of planning

My morning’s reading that ends where I begin, with the good news that British  readers are generally happy when they get to 65. Jonathan Guthrie concludes an article based on 10 statistics with this data from Government research. 10) 7.6 … Continue reading

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Why aren’t we all pension millionaires?

While an excellent discussion of how to improve the income people get from saving for a pension was taking place with Jonathan Stapleton, a range of commentators were lining up to bemoan the ignorance of the public. The Pensions UK … Continue reading

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Major news from Nest which points to a pensions success.

It is easy to poke fun at consolidation and the establishment of megafunds. It is not easy to create a pension fund that invests nearly a quarter of its assets as Nest does in Britain, in its infrastructure and production. … Continue reading

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“By 50 year olds – for 50 year olds” – a pension system needing a relaunch- Richard Smith

Richard Smith has clipped this showing who understands pensions and who doesn’t. It’s produced by the people who are building the pension dashboard and boy/girl, they’re thorough. Here’s Richard explaining and including a link to Kate Shiner’s work. The chart … Continue reading

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It’s the same the other side of the pond; many older people can’t make ends meet

I have made the point before and will, I’m sure, make it many times to come. People when they retire, lose their work income and switch to income from investments which they think of as their pension. That money can … Continue reading

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I give up on VFM for pensions and so does Guy Opperman, I like the guy!

I don’t suppose that former Minister Guy Opperman knew he would be reported at the Aptia conference yesterday. He works for them a couple of days a month and was delivering the kind of comments that would have gone down … Continue reading

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Tom McPhail’s narrow and tough path to a retirement income

Tom’s excellent session on Tuesday 7th April showed that guided paths to retirement income will be tough and  difficult! It was at a Pension PlayPen coffee morning. Tom’s question session splits into roughly two parts. In the first part we … Continue reading

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