Tag Archives: Technology
AI makes a few rich , some have a pension halo but the rest of us?
The good , the bad and the vulnerable middle. I see a lot of people whose jobs are safe enough for the moment, they are utility workers, those who depend on capital intensive industry , largely still public owned (the … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Investment, Pensions, public sector, Technology, utilities
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The new technology center that’s West of London
The FT reports that Microsoft are looking to set its new head office out of London to West or East. I will be travelling in to London on the Queen Elizabeth Line from Slough. I will pass through through suburbs … Continue reading
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Tagged Eton, Microsoft, Pensions, Queen Elizabeth, Slough, Technology, Windsor
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“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us”
This article arrived as my free lunch last Sunday. It is an amazing piece of work. I hope I do not scramble your brain by asking you to engage your brain with Tej’s thoughts.
Technology elevates “administration” to “pension’s ecosystem”.
Sometimes you pick up a gem from social media that makes you want to shout “yes!” . Thanks to all on this thread that says what needs to be said. “Administration” is an inadequate word for the delivery of pensions … Continue reading
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Tagged Data, DWP, kim gubler, Pensions, Ross Wilson, Technology, TPR
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The super-lawyer in London.
I am wondering what is happening to the law in London. This amazing story, published when we had nothing better to do than eat turkey, is this in the FT. So what is in it for all the lawyers in … Continue reading
The mill wheel that grinds the flour that makes the bread
I am pleased to read Ed Goodchild’s fine words on the dawning of the last weekend of autumn of 2025! I know his technology and I know how he applies himself to grow the businesses he servces. More pleased still … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, application, Ed Goodchild, Grow, growth, hard work, SME, Technology
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Struggling to compute the risk of being paid a pension by Microsoft?
7.7% of my savings for retirement are invested in one company – Microsoft, more than a quarter in one sector, US technology. By comparison less than 4% of my savings are invested in the UK. When someone who runs a … Continue reading
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Tagged DC pots, ft, Journalist, Microsoft, New York, Pot, Steven Meier, Technology
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Making sense of your pension with your phone? CA and BehindLogin make a start!
The picture above is from Corporate Adviser (provided by BehindLogin) and perhaps explains the lack of attention paid to our pension by technology. Pensions are outnumbered and probably under-used. I tested my usage on my phone. I have apps with … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, apps, Bec Wilson, BehindLogin, Capdata, corporate adviser, Pensions, Technology, Workpalce
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“Further and faster”- the white heat of pension consolidation.
UK to go “further and faster” with workplace #pension consolidation push. https://t.co/5uM7o0mgHN via @financialtimes — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) June 22, 2021 Yesterday, I wrote about the immediate impact of the DWP’s regulations on consolidation of occupational DC plans, today I’m … Continue reading
Pension Providers – Is spending on technology an investment choice?
I ask the question in the title because an assertion was made at last night’s Pensions Network Session that pension providers had a choice as to whether to be dashboard ready or not. This is currently the case. … Continue reading