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Wanted for listing – IGC/GAA Chair reports
Pension Plowman’s Directory At this week’s Stewardship meeting of the transparency task force, someone asked if there was a Directory of the IGC’s that have been published so far. There wasn’t until then, but I sent round the links of … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged Abbey Life, Black Rock, DWP, FCA, Friends Life, IGC, pension, pensions, Phoenix, Prudential, Royal London, Scottish Widows, Standard Life, workplace Pensions
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Royal London’s IGC kicks off reporting
Royal London’s IGC yesterday became the first to report on its activities in the past 12 months. The report is 9 pages long , is readable and contains some substantive improvements which the IGC has negotiated with Royal London to … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Business, governance, IGC, pension, pensions, Phil Loney, Philip Green, Retirement, Royal London, Steve Webb
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The Oxleas pension scandal
The offer made by the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a scandal. There is no other word for it. Staff are being misinformed about pensions and being offered “sexy-cash” to help Oxleas balance its books. Our nurses are worth more … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, NHS, NHS Pension Scheme, nurses, Opt in, Opt-out, Oxleas, Paul Maloney, pension, Retirement, Royal London, Steve Webb, The Pensions Regulator
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Why I’m excited about second hand annuities.
Transparency is the great disinfectant, but disinfectant- when applied to an open wound- can be painful. It is however the only way we can recover. Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged annuity, Brussels, CDC, HArriet Baldwin, Phil Loney, Royal London, secondary annuity, solvency, Steve Webb, Treasury
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GARs – a simpler way out for insurers…
This blog offers insurers a simple way out of the problem they have with Guaranteed Annuity Rates- it means paying the reserved for value of the policy rather than the (lower) investment value of the contributions. By way of explanation.. … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, EU Solvency II, investment, London, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged advice, Annuity Rates, defined benefit, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Equity, Guaranteed Annuity Rates, Ros Altmann, Royal London, The Equitable, Transfer values
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Hats off to all workplace pension providers
I’ve referred earlier this week to an excellent article by Kim North in Money Marketing in which she points to the ongoing work Scottish Widows have been doing on the participation of women in workplace pensions. In the same … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, NEST, Retirement
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, BlackRock, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Friends Life, Government, L&G, London, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Prudential, Retirement, Royal London, Scottish Life, Standar Life, Steve Webb, workplace Pensions, Zurich
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“My word is my Eurobond” – pensions without banks
We have become so obsessed with the paradigm created by Megabank that we consider a “limited level of positive return..guaranteed” something to aspire to. Continue reading