Tag Archives: The Pension Regulator

If NEST’s web services are “free” – who’s picking up the tab?

  Employers who choose NEST will be able to onboard directly from payroll assuming payroll holds the information NEST needs to set-up. As with most things NEST do , the announcement this week that they have created a suite of … Continue reading

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Telling tales or tipping off?

There is a fine line between campaigning journalism and incompetent meddling. Those whose jobs it is to stamp on malfeasance see the campaigners not as crusaders but as a menace. Those who campaign see those in authority not as allies but … Continue reading

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Helping carers to a proper pension..

How hard is it for us to get those who care for others , the same pension rights as those of us cared for by our employers? Rather hard – it would seem – at least according to yesterday’s Moneybox. … Continue reading

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Time to move on?

This election was brutal. Gregg McClymont knew his fate but Steve Webb’s defeat was a shock to us all – sadly electors don’t wear pension goggles. Just as we were resigning ourselves to BAU,  David Cameron announced Ros Altmann’s appointment … Continue reading

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Technology – not short-cuts – points the way to good pensions.

Pension Providers are challenged by later-stage auto-enrolment Let’s be under no illusions. The scale of the challenge facing workplace pension providers from auto-enrolment in 2016 is every bit as daunting for them as the challenge to payroll , advisers and employers. … Continue reading

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Two thirds of SMEs are pension virgins.

New research is out on the purchasing intentions of the remaining 1.2m employers who aren’t “in” to auto-enrolment. Of the  SMEs surveyed who are yet to stage, two thirds (66%) don’t have any existing pension arrangements for their staff while … Continue reading

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Turning auto-enrolment information into knowledge

I  spend far too much of my life on the Pension Regulator’s website trying to narrow the information available to make people knowledgeable. It isn’t easy. ENGAGE  <iframe src=”//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NQPC6C” height=”0″ width=”0″ style=”display:none;visibility:hidden”></iframe> From the moment you hit the site you … Continue reading

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Why I’m encouraging civil disobedience!

I’ve been spending  a little time catching up on the Pension Regulator’s website- well it is Christmas after all. I’ve come across this.   It’s a guide to employers on how they should talk to their staff about pensions. It is … Continue reading

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Two into one will go!

Steve Webb’s admission that we need a single regulator is a sign of his strength . It takes guts to admit you’ve been wrong for four and a half years! I’d come to the same conclusion myself reckoning;- That the geographic split between Brighton … Continue reading

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It’s the legacy, stupid!

If we really care about retirement outcomes, we have to think about this stuff and the £20bn of unclaimed (orphaned) pensions that are hanging around in the back cupboards of life companies and occupational pension schemes alike. Continue reading

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