Tag Archives: Scottish Widows

Are pensions political? You bet they are.

Posted on June 21, 2025 by henry tapper

The blog yesterday in which I criticised Scottish Widows’ move away from a “home bias” and towards the diversification that DC accumulation has seen over the period of AE workplace pensions may seem “political”. I agree with that opinion but … Continue reading →

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What of providers who won’t support the pension accord?

Posted on May 13, 2025 by henry tapper

The news of the investment accord between 17 of our largest DC investors is good news. The wonderful Corporate Adviser has latest figures on how these providers are competing against each other and the composite assets when considering occupational and … Continue reading →

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Scottish Widows finds it isn’t getting enough money from savers

Posted on May 8, 2025 by henry tapper

Scottish Widows has researched into the UK public’s capacity to pay the bills in later years and has concluded that workplace pensions are key to meeting the shortfall between what people get from the state and what they need to … Continue reading →

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Pete Glancy and Scottish Widows – caught in the doom-loop of complexity!

Posted on August 14, 2024 by henry tapper

In this blog I take issue with Pete Glancy and his premise that we have a “decumulation dilemma”. We have no such thing, we enter into a pension scheme to sort out our pension dilemma, it is the provider of … Continue reading →

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Only 2/10 entrepreneurs use pensions, I don’t blame the 8 that don’t!

Posted on July 28, 2024 by henry tapper

First let’s define “entrepreneur”. It is not defined by the small band of named celebrities who are delivered to us through TV shows like Dragons Den and the Apprentice”. Entrepreneurs to me are the people who decide to make their … Continue reading →

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“Cakeism” – the problem with eating your cake-and leaving it to the kids

Posted on June 25, 2024 by henry tapper

The concept of having your cake and eating it to , sometimes defined as “win-win” and criticised as “if it looks too good to be true – it probably is”, is prevalent in pensions. It is very to the fore … Continue reading →

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Widows’ provocative report on our retirement needs

Posted on June 25, 2024 by henry tapper

Pension Age (and others) report that its research found a disconnect between what people want from their retirement income and what products they are actually choosing. In particular, the survey found that while 80 per cent of people wanted a … Continue reading →

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Lloyds Bank’s bold step into 21st century pensions

Posted on April 11, 2024 by henry tapper

Time for a viewing of the brilliant film “Margin Call”, which starts with the “letting go” of a bank’s risk officer. Lloyds Bank axes risk staff after executives complain they are a ‘blocker’ https://t.co/HKvI7cMbKt via @ft — Bryn Davies (@DaviesofBrixton) … Continue reading →

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Scottish Widows IGC writes a report that policyholders might want to read

Posted on October 12, 2023 by henry tapper

  Anna Bradley is back as Scottish Widows IGC chair and she couldn’t have chosen a worse time to get the job. She’s reporting on 2022, a year when not only was the performance of Scottish Widow’s workplace pension funds … Continue reading →

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Scottish Widows – Nature and Biodiversity: why should pension funds act now? 

Posted on July 14, 2023 by henry tapper

Type – Online (+1Hr CPD) When Tuesday July 18th, 2023 at 10:30 am You are cordially invited to attend our next event on July 18th. In just 50 years, humanity has pushed itself out of a period of stability that … Continue reading →

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