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/
Great. A chance to nit-pick something from Steve Webb. The Married Woman’s Option finished in 1977, not 1978. SERPS was…
I was told by the Pensions Service, that if I divorced my husband before I retired, I would get a…
Success in applying the rules set out in law is not reliant on loopholes (I prefer educated projections of future…
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Good pensions need good bosses!
. My friend Steve Bee has produced a marvellous cartoon this morning. The need to save between 15 and 20% of lifetime earnings hasn’t changed. The numbers being crunched to come up with the 17.5% recommended lifetime contribution rate should … Continue reading
The Pension Play Pen Linked In Group
Last week the Pension Play Pen Linked In Group passed 5000 members. The Group was set up in October 2009 as a way of bringing together people I knew in the industry around an idea … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, England, Financial services, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media
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Ros Altmann’s presentation on the merits of employing #olderworkers
14 Jul 14 – Fuller Working Lives: Announcing the new Business Champion for Older Workers. A joint ILC-UK/DWP event hosted by Legal & General from ILC- UK According to Office for National Statistics estimates, in the next 10 years … Continue reading
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Tagged dc pensions, Government, Insurance, older workers, pension, Retirement, Ros Altmann, social media, Steve Webb
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Help! Volunteers needed to pick up Pension Play Pen awards!
Here is an unusual request but one you might just be able to help me with- it isn’t onerous! The first week of July is Henley week and it’s traditionally a time when we take Lady Lucy down the … Continue reading
Do I need a TV anymore?
Other than for the prurience of watching Tina’s come uppance on Corrie. I have not engaged with terrestrial TV for some time. Phone and laptop in hand I have found all I needed on the Monaco Grand Prix, … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Business, Business and Economy, Buzzfeed, Communications, Facebook, pensions, Savings, Smashed Sudents, social media, Society, TV, twitter, Vice
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Fundless fund platforms?
Over the past fifteen years, new technology has brought us the fund platform, open architecture and unlimited choice. It has not brought us good fund governance and that’s what’s round the corner. But we are about to find that the … Continue reading
“Nest’s auto-enrolment -innit!” – “no it ain’t!”
Auto-enrolment and NEST are synonymous to many. Hugh Pym, the BBC’s chief economic correspondent told me he thought you could only auto-enrol into NEST and the mistake was repeated by Rachel Burden this morning on auto-enrolment. Rachel told the listeners … Continue reading
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Pension PlayPen response to the DWP Command Paper on Workplace Pensions
Pension PlayPen Ltd trades as http://www.pensionplaypen.com and is the leading portal through which employers access information to stage auto-enrolment. The site allows employers to assess their workforce, determine a contribution structure, apply to workplace pension providers for terms … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Consultation, DWP, Employment, Investment management, Measures, pensions, Retirement, Savers, social media, Steve Webb, Workplae Pensions
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What to do at Easter?
Easter’s here and while many of us will be well planned , some will have had plans fall through and some- well let’s just say “we’re fluid!”. If you’re fluid and are looking for something to do with yourself/your family … Continue reading
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People aren’t stupid- our products are!
I’m taking this comment out of comment so I won’t mention it’s source- it appears on a pensions website and is made by a leading actuary. Our challenge is to find a way to redress the balance and help them … Continue reading
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Extending time horizons can ease short-term funding pressure, but it shifts risk toward younger members. Reform should make those intergenerational…