Tag Archives: Retirement

Tomorrow ; progress from DC to CDC with the unions! Invitation inside!

Posted on July 20, 2026 by henry tapper

I’m very pleased that we have Neil Walsh of Prospect at the Pension PlayPen at 10.30 am tomorrow (Tuesday 21st July). We will discuss how unions are getting to grips with CDC as a way forward to what are currently … Continue reading →

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Come and debate the future of DC with the Prospect union.

Posted on July 18, 2026 by henry tapper

We will discuss how unions are getting to grips with CDC as a way forward to what are currently DC workplace pensions. The event is at 10.30 am on Tuesday 21st July. You can get into the meeting on this … Continue reading →

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The Treasury has opened up new seams of fees for pension advisers and consultants.

Posted on July 17, 2026 by henry tapper

I’m sorry Jason, I don’t think your observation is any more valid than the money in the photo, it may be money but no one else observes it. Here’s what benefit consultants have got on their mind For decades savers … Continue reading →

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So how do we manage if the value of our house isn’t going up?

Posted on July 17, 2026 by henry tapper

I will start with a post and article from the very good Times stalwart David Byers In the old days, your suspicion that your future pension wasn’t what it ought to be wasn’t a major worry. The house would help … Continue reading →

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How do unions feel about CDC?

Posted on July 17, 2026 by henry tapper

What we were used to – no longer available to  workers in the private sector Since the collapse of Defined Benefit pensions first for new joiners and soon after for further accrual by those already members, the unions have fallen … Continue reading →

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DWP find that like Andy Haldane, we can’t make “the remotest sense of pensions”.

Posted on July 14, 2026 by henry tapper

My conclusion from reading Corporate Advisers report on DWP’s latest research is that the happiest of retiring savers today  are being paid a defined benefit. The happiest in future will come from those  who are on their way  to a … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 29, 2026 by henry tapper

  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.

Posted on June 28, 2026 by henry tapper

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?

Posted on June 8, 2026 by henry tapper

  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

Posted on June 7, 2026 by henry tapper

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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