Tag Archives: SMPI

I understand my state pension but not these statements about my private pension pots.

Richard Smith is angry. He has five pension pots but he has no idea what income he will get when from 2027 there’s a default pension he will be able to draw. That is apart from Scottish Widow’s explanation that … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , | 9 Comments

The value your money pot’s buying now – or tomorrow – as pension

Can you compare the master trust pensions with what you can do yourself? Background AgeWage’s has fully developed its at retirement (“Immediate Pension – IP”) comparison engine. It tells you how the retirement income you are being offered by a … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

SMPI – unlike Scampi – remains indigestible.

    The Financial Reporting Council are looking to standardise the expectations given to millions of DC savers as to what their savings are likely to get them when they retire. For some bizarre reason, this process is still known … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

We talk to retirees the language of a bygone age

Governance improving – but… The DWP has been asking itself some searching questions about the governance of the workplace pensions that Britain will be increasingly rely on to supplement the state pension and eventually overtake it as our main source … Continue reading

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

“Making Pension Charges Clearer” – good on the NAPF

The NAPF, as I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog, are a rather better trade body than you’d expect . Revitalised by Joanne Seagers and Dan Torjussen-Proctor they appear a more progressive member centric organisation than in years gone by. Ambitiously, they … Continue reading

Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, pensions, Retirement, social media | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments