Tag Archives: Schemes

The great DBate; Steve Hodder in conversation – 10.30 today!

Posted on May 2, 2023 by henry tapper

It’s the hottest question in pensions, one that’s exercising the Bank of England , the PRA , TPR and should be exercising you today. I’ll be putting the tough questions to LCP’s Steve Hodder, the man who spoke  for LCP … Continue reading →

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Steve Hodder and the £1.5trillion question – what to do with DB?

Posted on April 28, 2023 by henry tapper

It’s the hottest question in pensions, one that’s exercising the Bank of England , the PRA , TPR and should be exercising you next Tuesday I’ll be putting the tough questions to LCP’s Steve Hodder, the man who spoke  for … Continue reading →

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CETV madness

Posted on April 16, 2023 by henry tapper

  I wrote yesterday about confusion about what a defined benefit promise is today. This surrounds the concept of the “DB pot”, a concept that is utter fiction. There is no DB pot. A defined benefit scheme, whether final salary, … Continue reading →

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Does the “CDC” scheme have a future beyond Royal Mail?

Posted on June 10, 2022 by henry tapper

Time will tell whether there weill be further applications to provide staff with CDC benefits, but for now we know that Royal Mail are pressing ahead – which is a huge achievment on its part. The Pensions Regulator confirmed yesterday … Continue reading →

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COST- One good reason to close your company pension scheme

Posted on June 4, 2021 by henry tapper

Yesterday I wrote about the specious reasons put up by many in the pension industry for running pensions schemes for the use of one employer’s staff – what used to be called the “company pension scheme”. Today I look at … Continue reading →

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It’s not just pension taxation that’s changing- products are!

Posted on October 20, 2014 by henry tapper

Pension PlayPen’s Submission to the Parliamentary Committee reading the Pension Schemes Bill Continue reading →

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