Tag Archives: sustainability

Changing the way our pensions work

Posted on August 27, 2020 by

I expect that those few remaining trustees and members of IGCs and GAAs who are in denial of the value of ESG, will – in the face of the forthcoming Act and the detail within the consultation, step down. Continue reading →

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Will COVID promote ESG or destroy it?

Posted on May 9, 2020 by

This time last year I was talking with BNY Mellon about using AgeWage as an ESG platform to help investors vote their shares. It’s not we decided to do (though there is one Fintech that’s taken up the challenge). The … Continue reading →

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Extinction , Boredom or Symposium?

Posted on October 8, 2019 by

Frivolity of fidelity, mindless or mindful – which will it be? I am faced this morning with stark choice. Do I cycle on the north side of the river to join responsible asset owners and Adrienne Lawlor working out how … Continue reading →

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“How can I have my money back” – the question pension savers dare not ask!

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

Here is the first page of the two page illustration suggested by Ruston Smith and Quietroom. I will say again that I am impressed that Ruston Smith and Quietroom have got consensus from a variety of regulators to get their … Continue reading →

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More FAKE NEWS on pension deficits #FABI

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

The Government’s just published its green paper ‘Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes’. It’s already generated knee-jerk headlines claiming 11m employees could see their pensions cut. The green paper refers to “under-funded schemes” and “stressed employers”, but can’t … Continue reading →

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A business-friendly Pension Green Paper

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

I went to a  talk yesterday  from the CBI’s Carolyn Fairbairn. It was a lot more optimistic on business prospects than I’d expected (having heard her gnashing her teeth following the referendum). To be fair, she was saying then that … Continue reading →

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Is the Green tide stronger than one man?

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

  In the past few days the Paris Treaty has been ratified. One man, Donald Trump, has threatened to put the short term interests of his country above the longer term interests of the globe. Neither we nor his citizens … Continue reading →

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“Please don’t take your politics into this room” – An evening with @shareactionuk .

Posted on November 2, 2016 by

Well done @ShareActionUK bringing people together #pensionpower pic.twitter.com/gzOtG13JeT — Pension Plowman (@henryhtapper) November 1, 2016   The statement was made by the chair of trustees advised by my friend Nico Aspinall, when Nico advocated a green default for the chair’s mastertrust. The statement … Continue reading →

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Putting the world to rights – in a snazzy waistcoat!

Posted on April 30, 2016 by

    One of the reasons that pension schemes are so boring is that they never seem to do anything. They take your money and then they give you it back, in the intervening years you are none the wiser … Continue reading →

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Sustainable pricing is key to workplace pension support!

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

  That Workie lumbering around the park has a price tag. If he’s the NOW workie, he costs £40pm and if he’s People’s Pesnsion’s Workie you need to dish out £3-500 to use him in your workplace . Standard Life … Continue reading →

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