Everything that requires to be paid for the next 20-50 years requires investment. Non-investment types especially actuaries and other managerialists…
I don't know why you are all getting excited. In reality the likelihood is that the govt will cut pensions…
How far do you want to stretch the principle that compos mentis adults should not be treated as moral agents…
You're right, and Treasury have previous on this. Examples ... Netting at departmental / spending-review level Barnett is applied to…
Tag Archives: state pension
Portals for show, pensions for dough
The Pension Dashboard is under pressure. Having lost its sponsor, Simon Kirby MP in this summer’s election, early-day momentum is running out. The ABI are clearly fed up and are now calling for Government intervention if they are to … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, dc, DWP, Evestor, Neyber, PASA, Pension Bee, pensions, Pot follows member, state pension
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WASPI’s drowning out another minority – those who stayed “in”.
There is a second WASPI petition. There’s a new #WASPI petition – please sign it! Currently at 11k signatures… How soon 100k? https://t.co/ijhUQohWtk — Sarah Pennells(@Savvy_Woman) September 13, 2017 The WASPI women are well organised and have a widening support … Continue reading
Actuaries! Talk with us – don’t argue with each other.
There’s a silly letter in the FT this week which I print in full. Sir, Jo Cumbo’s report “Mortality update bodes well for pension deficits” (May 4) refers to an assertion by PwC that slowing mortality improvements could reduce UK … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged actuaries, CARE, DB, defined benefit, long term care, morbidity, mortality, pensions, state pension
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Steve Webb and the triple lock – muddy waters!
Here’s that Royal London press release, calling for State Pensions to be reduced and contributions to private pensions to increase. Royal London has set out a three point plan for the key pension priorities of an incoming government, including … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Pension Policy, pensions, Royal London, S2P, state pension, State v Private, Steve Webb
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Time to dig this Government out of its hole?
Tax, national insurance and pensions policy should be put in a vault marked “toxic” and should be handled with extreme caution. This morning I have three toxic issues to prove my point. The fiasco of announcing an increase in national insurance … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, NEST, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, National Insurance, NEST, pensions, state pension, Steve Webb, WASPI, workplace pension
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Are pensions in crisis?
There has been talk of late of pensions in crisis. Infact the opposite may be true. Pensions may finally be getting back on their feet. News that the retired tycoon – Philip Green has made a voluntary contribution of £363m … Continue reading
Too Expensive to Keep? Is it time to break our promises to the baby boomers?
In a stunning lecture delivered without notes to a “senior” audience at the Oxford and Cambridge Club last night, Paul Johnson helped us ask these questions of ourselves. For his audience was by and large – precisely the entitled class … Continue reading
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Tagged baby boomers, Business, demographics, Economics, Employment, Financial services, Paul Johnson, pensions, Retirement, SERPS, Social economics, state pension
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Where does all the money go?
Ok guy – have a look at this picture. It’s a very odd way of looking at money (especially the cash benefits – which for most will be the various family, disability and general living allowances). But it makes its … Continue reading
Posted in #WASPI, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged CDC, DA, Defined Ambition, Ros Altmann, state pension, Target Pensions, WASPI, workplace Pensions
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Should we block the triple lock?
Ros Altmann speaks out (shock!) We now have three former pension ministers making a lot more noise than our current pension minister. Ros Altmann who we are now realising never should have done the jog Steve Webb who should … Continue reading
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Tagged Gregg McClymont, New State Pension, nick timothy, Ros Altmann, state pension, Steve Webb, Tax, tax credits, Theresa May, Treasury, Triple-Lock
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Radical proposals to tell us what our pension’s worth
This is one of those blogs (good though it is) where the comments are a whole lot better! Please come for the blog and stay for the comments. This might be a good time to sign up to comment yourself, your views … Continue reading
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Tagged Financial services, New State Pension, pension, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Retirement, state pension, statement
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I believe you are absolutely right and its polical expediancy to rob us of our State Pension. ounce again. That…