Scheme actuaries use a nominal gilt yield curve, which they assert directly matches the currency and inflation exposure of those…
"prefers to compare the returns with a liability proxy (a mixture of gilt maturities)" Are those Index-Linked gilts, given that…
I agree the major problem with DC is that it has been designed as a savings plan not to provide…
Oh, and I think this confusion leading to DB being viewed as a pot by members is an unintended consequence…
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The Pensions Regulator consults for pensions – not on savings.
Thankfully, the Pensions Regulator has returned to pensions as the focus of what it regulates. Its consultation on its five year corporate plan is at time merely rhetoric but the opening gambit is something of an admission that the Regulator … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 year Corporate Plan, Consultation, Pensions, Regulate, Savings, TPR
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TISA- boring and irrelevant or worth spending time with?
I thought I’d do a blog in two parts this morning. The first represents how I feel about TISA, not as a member but as the sort of person who thinks that money is lazy if it isn’t invested. The … Continue reading
PC1 put pensions back on track. Will PC2 finish the job?
Thanks to Peter Cameron-Brown for reminding me of where the pensions industry was in 2005 when the original Pensions Commission (PC1) was announcing its findings. This is the NAPF’s (now Pensions UK’s) response to “Turner”. Reading it 20 years later … Continue reading
Opt-out payroll savings – easier to save.
Jo Phillips Director of Research and Innovation, Nest Insight After over 3 years of research, analysing over 1 million admin data points, 4 big surveys and hours of in depth interviews, I am so proud to have published the full … Continue reading
Why pension AVCs are back as a top employee benefit.
There are a number of reasons why AVCs are increasingly popular to members of occupational schemes, most of them come down to a dirty three-letter word – TAX. A sensational tax product TAX- Budget changes mean that saving more … Continue reading
“When I’m 65” – poverty’s out of sight – it should not be out of our minds.
The Institute of Fiscal Studies has done some interesting work on poverty amongst people in their mid sixties, with one extraordinary finding. Jonathan Cribb’ work which suggests that people arriving at the end of their working lives are not managing … Continue reading
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Tagged bridging pensions, IFS, Jonathan Cribb, Savings, small pots, Thomas a Kempis
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We need to take people and their pension savings more seriously.
There is a section of the FCA’s rulebook entitled PERG/8/28 which deals with the vexed subject of guidance and advice. . When answering the question “do you give advice?” PERG/8/28 is helpful. The Pension Advisory Service sees advice as “delivering … Continue reading
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Workplace pensions fall short over “at-retirement support”
At Retirement Support (with its unfortunate acronym) is not high on workplace pension provider’s priority lists and this is reflected in this survey published by Pensions Expert in an article by Stephanie Hawthorne The survey, conducted by Broadridge, was of … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, At REtirement, pension, Savings
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Could a wealth tax fix our broken economy?
Britain is broke, for the second time in 12 years our economy has hit the buffers but this time the noises coming out of Government suggest that it is the wealthy who will pay to fix it. This would be … Continue reading
How can savers be encouraged to engage with their savings?
This is the 4th of eight blogs considering the questions put to us by the Work and Pensions Select Committee. Today’s exam question… How can savers be encouraged to engage with their savings? Quick answer; either we can convince … Continue reading
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Thanks for your reply. I hope it does successfully "embed both the real rate and expected inflation in one number".…