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Not drinking the Kool-Aid – The Virgin Money Stakeholder IGC
Remember Stakeholder Pensions? Virgin Money do! In fact Virgin were one of the great enthusiasts for Stakeholder Pensions, sadly their ambitions were never quite realised commercially but it’s good to see that Virgin continue to treat their Stakeholders fairly and … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged governance, IGC, Northern Rock, Richard Branson, Scorecard, Sir David Chapman, Virgin, Virgin Money
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Making hard easy.
In a complicated world, we look for simple ideas that make hard easy. Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment
Tagged Business, Employment, Financial services, NAPF, pension, Richard Branson, Steve, Steve Webb
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“I cannot advise you on that Sir”
Here is a salutary tale for our times. Not a tragic tale – no disaster resulted – but a sad tale that demonstrates what happens when staff become scared to help customers. Anyone who has travelled on an “advanced” train ticket knows that … Continue reading
Posted in East coast trains
Tagged Complaint, East Coast, East Coast of the United States, Holland, Leeds, Plymouth, Richard Branson, Virgin Trains
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10 infrastucture opportunities pension funds cannot ignore!
The Government has announced that it wants UK pension funds to invest in UK infrastructure. This week we saw a slice of Thames Water purchased by the Chinese. I live on the Thames and as dawn rises this morning I’m on “Junk Alert” on “the partially yellow river”. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Bankers, Church of England, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, religion, Retirement, social media, Treasury, Twickenham, twitter
Tagged Government, Hedge fund, Isle of Man, London, pension, Richard Branson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail, Rugby Football Union, Tarmac, Thames Water, Towers Watson
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