Tag Archives: Rishi Sunak

Should the pensioner or the tax-payer level up Britain?

Posted on February 11, 2022 by henry tapper

Today’s  front page splash in the FT is news that Government are moving fast to a relaxed position for UK insurers writing capital intensive annuity business. Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 11 February https://t.co/7pah7kWWOD … Continue reading →

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Loosening the pension charge cap

Posted on October 27, 2021 by henry tapper

This move will enable your #pension scheme to invest more widley to help ‘build back better’. The deal is you may pay higher charges with no guarantee of higher returns. https://t.co/dBkJoXhFsT — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) October 27, 2021 Plans to … Continue reading →

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“Welcome to the corridors of corruption” (Con Keating unedited)

Posted on October 7, 2021 by henry tapper

This article first appeared in Professional Pensions , a little edited and under the title “state goals won’t override my duty. This is the unexpurgated version published the day after the Prime Minister outlined his vision for Britain at his … Continue reading →

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There will be cracks in care funding – that’s how the light gets in.

Posted on September 7, 2021 by henry tapper

Today we have had it confirmeded that in exchange for a substantial increase in national insurance – to fall on those in work, those past work will be comforted that they will have their care fees paid for them, save … Continue reading →

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Workplace pensions – PFI 2.0?

Posted on June 28, 2021 by henry tapper

  The Daily Mail have published a heavily spun article that seems to have come from the Treasury with the title Chancellor Rishi Sunak to tap pensions for UK’s growth fund: Treasury draws up plan to help boost economy Regular … Continue reading →

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How the budget could tweak pensions.

Posted on February 25, 2021 by henry tapper

Rishi Sunak’s March 3rd benchmark will be overshadowed by the cost of building back Britain. Will pensioners be treated sympathetically and will those saving for a pension have to pay some of the price? Thanks to  Becky O’Connor, Head of … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow is a day of reckoning -DIES IRAE

Posted on November 24, 2020 by henry tapper

Wednesday will be a day or reckoning – DIES IRAE, DIES ILLA, that day is a day of wrath. We have paid a high price for less productivity and less enjoyment. If there is such a thing as a lose-lose, … Continue reading →

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Could pension freedoms mortgage our future? too?

Posted on November 16, 2020 by henry tapper

In her role as global pensions consultant, Jo Cumbo has been looking at early withdrawals from pensions around the world. Having looked closely at Australia, where there is some evidence of increased withdrawals by younger members, the FT looked this … Continue reading →

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Are our pension schemes the treasury’s piggy bank?

Posted on November 13, 2020 by henry tapper

Yesterday I published a series of tweets from Jo Cumbo on the difficulties the Pensions Regulator would have balancing the interests of members and sponsors with the interests of Rishi Sunak in getting schemes to invest in the nation’s infrastructure. … Continue reading →

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Can our pensions build back better? Sunak paints a greener picture.

Posted on November 10, 2020 by henry tapper

Ricki Sunak’s first speech on financial services in the House of Commons came on the day we absorbed a Biden and a vaccine win. It was a bad day for viruses but a good day for the markets which bounced … Continue reading →

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