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Callum Stewart joins the queue wanting a change of name for CDC.
This is not having a go at Callum Stewart, quite the opposite, I am in the queue somewhere myself! What’s going on when people talk names (nomenclature if you’re posh) is to try to compress thinking into a word or … Continue reading
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Tagged Callum, CDC, CDC pension, Collective Pensions, R-CDC, Retirement, Stewart
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Dismay the marginalised lose trust in retirement saving – a Cambridge University study
This study tells us something we perhaps feel inside, that giving us the freedom to get out of saving retirement doesn’t make retirement very good. Here’s the abstract Both insufficient saving and early withdrawal of retirement savings jeopardize financial … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge University, Early withdrawl, minorities, Pension Freedoms, Retirement
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Retirement CDC – a long wait for something you can have now!
I like Johan Kriek, he asks difficult questions of Collective Pensions (CDC) and sometimes I agree. This is one of those times, I was the one of the people who responded to the Retirement Consultation that closed in 2025. I … Continue reading
Threescore years and ten; 70’s now the age to retire , not to die!
There’s a murmuring doing the rounds mocking those of my generation (mid 60’s) who cannot stop working but who know their children wish they would. They result in announcement of a career end. But these retirement announcements always promise another … Continue reading
Brian Henderson’s Retirement Value Scorecard – for the smart and smart advisers.
Yesterday I published Brian Henderson’s brilliant thoughts on Value for Money as a way of helping individuals determine for themselves what is their best way forward at retirement. He converts the current VFM assessments to a tool known as Retirement … Continue reading
Paying rent with retirement wages.
The PPI and the Pensions Commission need to find solutions to the problems they have uncovered. After reading the 37 pages of this report (thanks for the prompt Ben Leadbetter) , I am even more convinced that solutions do not … Continue reading
Pay, care and housing – problems for all generations; here’s Haldane on building houses.
Is Andy Haldane speaking here for Government? I hope he is. He’;s rumoured to be influential in No 11 Downing Street and the Chancellor has a big job sorting out a strategy to tackle housing. Care and our wage in … Continue reading
You’re a success – SJP will work for you ; and here’s more thoughts for those who can’t afford advice.
First an excellent paper from SJP. If you’re reading this I’m guessing you like SJP, so do I. I had a chance to work there when it started and I said “no” it was a mistake. Then some thoughts for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Sharpe, hardest, Nastiest, Pensions, problem, Retirement, SJP, St James Place
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Unions – what’s happening with pensions? Neil Walsh explains CDC’s impact on Prospect – 10.30 this morning
This from the Government on “The future of CDC” The initial impetus for CDC has come from a large employer and a major trade union seeking an alternative pension model. But establishing CDC schemes opens the possibility of more diverse … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, CDC, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Neil Walsh, pension, Pensions, Prospect, Retirement, Targe, TPR
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