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Tag Archives: state pension
What we’re going to love about the pensions dashboard – Richard Smith
This week we will remind those there with institutional hats about ordinary people . This time what we are going to love most about the Dashboard. Continue reading
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Tagged DB schemes, DC schemes, Pension Dashboard, Pensions, Richard Smith, state pension
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The state pension age and the pension that follows still dominates our “future for retirement”
Most of us still expect a reasonable wage in retirement based on what the state pension offers plus a second pension from work. Why do we need a roadmap for that? Continue reading
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Tagged Pensions, Standard Life, state pension, Targets, workplace Pensions
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Steve Webb and Andy Young reacting to new triple lock
“..it’s more like a ‘soft’ triple lock. Savings will be low in early years, but £15bn in 2040 and more than double that in 2050”. Steve Webb Continue reading
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Tagged long term care, New Triple Lock, Old Triple Lock, state pension, triple lock
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The state pension increase – thoughts from an actuary who knows!
Those of you who read my blog a lot will know that there is only one person who knows the state pension who is an actuary and a pension expert. I will not name him but this is his response … Continue reading
State pension on course for £500 rise as earnings growth hits 4.1%
Thanks to Ellie Carric for this look forward to later in the year when we discover how much we will “earn” in our state pension from April next year. I wish there were more articles as bonnie as this! I … Continue reading
2/3 of us don’t think we’re saving for a pension with a workplace pension.
Chris Marchant’s article is here. “Two thirds of people admit they will rely on the state pension ‘to some extent’ in retirement, according to research by Hargreaves Lansdown. Almost one-in ten say they will be totally dependent on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Collective Pensions, Hargreaves Lansdown, personal pension, state pension, Survey
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Have Pensions had such good ministers and advisers in Parliament? HMT, DWP and beyond look sorted.
I am pleased to see the junior ministers appointed by Andy Burnham yesterday. I have included all that are new, those who are reappointed and those who are gone in this blog It tells good news for the House … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell, Davies, DWP, house of commons, House of Lords, MP, Pensions, Pitt-Watson, state pension, Timms, Treasury
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Gen Z don’t rate pensions – either for them or for the country
This is an astonishing article by the BBC’s Coletta Smith. It should be everyone in pensions. This is article by a team of BBC correspondents headed by Coletta Smith. I am hugely impressed. Joel has finally landed his first graduate … Continue reading
“Nothing new”on the triple lock is – “big news!
It amazes me that we find the triple lock front page news when we voted in a Government two years ago who clearly said there would be no change in how the state pension this parliament. There are three things … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, CDC, DB, dc, defaults, private pensions, state pension, triple lock
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