"it will need increased taxation of some kind" Rubbish. Suitable cuts in other government expenditure would do the job and…
When taxation is retroactive it will change behaviour. Be careful with envy focused legislation promote real solutions to British poor…
Extending time horizons can ease short-term funding pressure, but it shifts risk toward younger members. Reform should make those intergenerational…
I've just come across this letter from Smithers, covering DB pensions in general and the USS in particular. https://smithers.co.uk/extending-the-liabilities-time-horizon-is-key-to-pensions-reform/
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Pensions are where we invest in shares – show this to us “ordinary” people – we need to be surprised
Households in different countries have vastly different exposure to public markets. Among our sample of developed economies, the US leads the pack, with 46 per cent of household financial assets held directly in listed equities and investment funds. Across the … Continue reading
Your link to a Pension PlayPen coffee morning about financial risk
I don’t understand much about this but with the people who are on the other side of the coffee morning on Tuesday, I know it will be fun, stimulating and well worth attending! Today at 10.30 am – the link … Continue reading
Pension PlayPen tomorrow – Professor Narmin Nahidi with Sid and Arun Muralidhar
I don’t understand much about this but with the people who are on the other side of the coffee morning on Tuesday, I know it will be fun, stimulating and well worth attending! Please join us for our next Coffee … Continue reading
Do dividends pay our pensions?
Remember stakeholder economics? It’s been a long time since Will Hutton introduced us to the idea of a stakeholder. Back in the last century, the Blairite vision was for a society where the needs of a shareholder were balanced with … Continue reading
Is Direct Investment the way forward for pension savers?
It’s a third of a century since Sid spread the word about the bargain of buying British Gas shares. The dream of a shareholding democracy flickered, spluttered and was finally snuffed out by funds. Nowadays – direct investment in … Continue reading
I agree. And Richard Murphy made much the same points and more after reading Martin Wolf’s FT piece yesterday, in…