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How was the Plowman’s vision? – 2012 #pensions predictions revisited
Here were our pension predictions from a year ago (you can read the full blog from December 2011- here) Artificially depressed interest rates drive up DB deficits and depress annuities but the pressure on life companies and pension schemes to adopt … Continue reading
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
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The FSA should’ve picked on somebody its own size
It’s a feature of bullies that they pick upon the weak and harmless and avoid the toughs in the playground. So we shouldn’t be surprised that the FSA left RBS alone while hunting down IFAs for procedural offences. The big concern about … Continue reading