Tag Archives: Risk
Are insurance companies getting it easy when taking on our pensions?
Pensions Oldie argues that risk management in the pensions world is radically different to that in insurance. Responding to an article where insurers themselves complain about the arrival of short term private equity money he comments. I don’t have … Continue reading
Expectations of “pay” from pension funds.
I have spent a wonderful couple of days with my mother in Dorset and while I have been away from work , I have been thinking about what we can expect from our retirement saving. What is the right … Continue reading
CDC’s risks are stacked against their funders
Would you invest your pension in a company that set up CDC schemes? I’m writing under the Chatham House rule which means I can only quote myself. Yesterday I sat on a 21 person Zoom call to discuss how CDC … Continue reading
To share risk – you must take risk; CDC’s current dilemma
“We have built it – why don’t you come?” This is the question I’d be asking , if I worked at the DWP. In a recent Laing Cat cast, Tom McPhail describes his trips to Caxton House where the first … Continue reading
Five questions for 2024 – not from me – from him!
Christmas is a time for giving, so I’m giving-up pretending I know what is going to happen to markets and handing my blog over to Robert Armstrong and his Unhedged team who provide me with a daily read that helps … Continue reading
Clara’s Party
Clara celebrated its first deal in style last night. The deal with Sears’ Pension Scheme is the proof of concept for superfunds but it a £31m boost for the 9,500 pensioners and deferred pensioners who otherwise had the eventual prospect … Continue reading
For grown up pension debate – you don’t need to go to Manchester
The CISI is running an event this Wednesday (25th October )which has the most extraordinary agenda and a magnificent speaker line-up that I doubt will be equaled this year. The debate the PLSA ducked Pensions has been one of … Continue reading
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“Correcting the biggest avoidable UK public policy failure of recent decades”
The CISI is running an event on Wednesday 25th October which has the most extraordinary agenda and a magnificent speaker line-up that I doubt will be equalled this year. Pensions has been one of the biggest avoidable public policy … Continue reading
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Time for PPF to lose its pocket money?
Imagine running a business where you can’t stop charging your customers and your customers can’t stop paying you. That’s the Pension Protection Fund, a public corporation, set up by the Pensions Act 2004, that has been protecting members of eligible … Continue reading
Should VFM top the company’s pension risk register?
I sat in on a discussion yesterday between FCA/TPR/DWP and a number of large corporates that offer DC workplace pensions to their staff. Under the Chatham House rule I can report what was said but not who said it. … Continue reading