Tag Archives: Royal London
Pension Plowman’s guide to 2020 IGC reports
This is a big year for IGCs. It is their fifth birthday, it’s the year when the FCA reviews their effectiveness and it’s the year of the pandemic, where providers and savers will be under maximum strain. Most of the … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, IGC, pensions
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, BlackRock, FCA, Fidelity, Hargreaves Lansdown, IGC, IGC report, L&G, Pensions, Phoenix, Prudential, Reassure, Royal London, Scottish Widows, SJP, Standard Life, Virgin Monday, workplace Pensions, Zurich
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Member support: beyond the trustee’s pay-grade?
Since publishing this article , LGIM has made a statement on the closure of the L&G helplines – you can read the statement here The Pensions Regulator and the FCA have delivered guidance on how those with charge of other … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Aegon, customer support, L&G, pensions, Royal London, Scottish Widows
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Royal London IGC report – a welcome shift in focus
Royal London are (as usual), the first IGC to report. They have been kind and sent me the Chair’s Statement which saves me searching. But it’s easy to track down here The IGC has delivered a really interesting read which … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions, Retirement
Tagged ESG, FCA, IGC, pensions, Peter Dorward, Plan, Responsible Investment, Royal London
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Steve Webb, LCP and Royal London
We are delighted to announce that former Pensions Minister Steve Webb will be joining LCP as a partner. He will be working on our client service offering & spearheading LCP campaigns to help the pensions industry stay apace with member … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, steve webb
Tagged Bob Scott, LCP, pensions, Royal London, Seve Webb
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Scary news day!
Scary news day! Yesterday (Weds 24th) saw the arrival of Boris Blimp in his West End townhouse and the announcement that nothing much has changed at the top of the DWP- except the SOS’ brief – which now includes equality … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, brand, pensions
Tagged DB transfers, pensions, Port Talo, Royal London, Steve Webb
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“In an advised world – do workplace pensions need trustees”.
The quote is taken from a recent interview of Steve Webb of Royal London. It is a critical question which deserves an answer. The Workplace Pension Governance landscape (is changing) Something very odd is happening in DC Governance, something that … Continue reading
Posted in First Actuarial, governance, pensions
Tagged governance, pensions, Royal London, workplace, workplace Pensions
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Royal London IGC – the regal treatment!
The 2019 IGC report – a good read I haven’t given much thought to IGC production values, but they’re the first thing you notice when you scroll through the Royal London IGC report. Someone has spent some time and money … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged IFA, IGC, pensions, Peter Dorward, Phil Loney, Royal London
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Affordability – is the NHS pricing people out of its pension scheme?
Perhaps we are getting a little complacent about opt-outs? The FT has published research showing that opt-outs from the NHS pension scheme are running at 5 times the rate of opt-outs from the Local Government Scheme. When I first … Continue reading
Some odd things about partial transfers.
There’s a debate going on between Al Rush, Jo Cumbo, Steve Webb and a number of others with regards partial transfers from defined benefit schemes. Want to go 50:50 with a “final salary” pension transfer? Ford will soon let employees … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, BSPS, pensions
Tagged CETV, pension, Pension Transfer, Royal London, Steve Webb, transfers
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How do Customers benchmark what’s good about their DC pension?
For employer’s it’s all been about inter-operability I’m returning to a question that has bothered me since the inception of auto-enrolment over six years ago. To begin with, it was a question for employers and could largely be answered in … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, pensions
Tagged advisers, Aegon, AgeWage, Aviva, L&G, pension playpen, Royal London, Standard Life
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