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The greatest sporting weekend of the year?
The race is on to show your true sporting credentials on twitter. My twitter timeline was invaded by the likes of Pensions Sam Notts (3rd from bottom) v Yeovil (bottom) this weekend, big big game! @henryhtapper — Sam Brodbeck (@sambrodbeck) April 10, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, pensions, Yeovil Town
Tagged BNY Mellon, Boat Race, Business, Investing, Investment, Lewis Hamilton, Mourinho, Paul Sturrock, richie benaud, social media, Society, Tony McCoy, Yeovil Town #ytfc
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Beware the vanity master trust
Hardly a week goes by without a request to research another vertically integrated master trust for inclusion on the list of employer choices offered on http://www.pensionplaypen.com . It is harder to name an actuarial practice or employee benefit consultant that … Continue reading
We need a Bus and a Lamborghini!
My friend Ralph Frank is very good at putting his finger on the problem. If he was a Doctor, I’d trust his diagnosis and I like to think of him with a stethoscope prodding around the body financial – listening … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Bus, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Government, Insurance, Investing, lamborghini, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Society, Steve Webb, taxi
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The best practice approach to choosing a workplace pension
The Pension PlayPen has been asked to outline the research process that lies behind the Factsheets and provider ratings on http://www.pensionplaypen.com . This is the process. The purpose of Pension PlayPen research is To establish the universe of … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, brand, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, choose, Choose a Pension, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Society, workplace pension
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Post budget capacity challenge for insurers
Scottish Widows boss Toby Strauss has told the Telegraph that his company is already facing a capacity crunch as it digests the impact of legislative changes over the past two years and faces the challenges of 2015. The … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, brand, pensions
Tagged ABI, annuity, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Scottish Widows, Society, Strategy, the Telegraph, toby strauss
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“Educated beyond their intelligence”
Denis Skinner’s recent gibe at Tory Ministers ,and George Osborne in particular, is brilliant (even if the phrase was coined by another). For me- it will be a defining epithet for the coalition- it sums up the best and worst … Continue reading
Freddie Flintoff’s fabulous comeback; T20 Finals Day
The Blast Finals Day held at Edgbaston is the best value major sporting event of the summer. For £50 you can get a full 11 hours of cricket and a bunch of support acts including the magnificent Mascot Race, a … Continue reading
Posted in cricket
Tagged #Edgbaston, #Finalsday, #T20, cricket, Freddy Flintoff, Hampshire, Jimmy Anderson, Lancashire, social media, Society, Sport, Surrey, Twenty Twenty
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Please don’t discourage saving (guest blog from Ralph Frank)
The Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) recently released its latest “scenario analysis of future pension incomes” (the “Analysis”). A key finding of the Analysis is that the proportion of people under-saving for retirement increases as income rises. Part … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Business, Employment, Financial services, London, National Employment Savings Trust, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Society, Steve Webb
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Pension PlayPen needs your digits.
Digital marketing is something we’re having to learn as we go along. We’ve got to find 1,000,000 employers who don’t have a workplace pension and convince them of the importance of paying some attention to what their staff invest … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Linkedin, pension playpen, pensions, Personality, twitter
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial Services Authority, Government, Investment management, Life annuity, linkedin, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Politics, public sector, social media, Society
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