Tag Archives: The Pensions Regulator
A Regulator that can look after herself
My favourite moment from an afternoon spent watching Parliament TV’s absorbing proceedings was when Lesley Titcomb, Pension Regulator turned to the Chair of the DWP Select Committee and smiled “If I need more powers, I know exactly how to … Continue reading
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Altmann standing up for Pensions
I read this account of the Pension Minister’s rebuff to Lord Myners with some pride. Well done on Ollie Smith of Citywire for picking up on it. What Ros Altmann was saying is crucially important. The Pensions Regulator is there to … Continue reading
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Tagged Lesley Titcombe, Lord Myners, Myners, pensions, Philip Green, Ros Altmann, The Pensions Regulator, TPR, yacht
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The Pensions Regulator gives IGCs a new row of teeth.
It’s not enough- not nearly enough – but at last the Pensions Regulator’s beginning to take workplace pensions seriously enough to offer something close to a decent choice for employers staging auto-enrolment. Yesterday , Andrew Warwick-Thompson, head of policy … Continue reading
OMG -OMW! Well done Old Mutual for your IGC!
The Old Mutual Independent Governance Committee’s Chair Report is out and it’s a good one. The Chair – Richard Butcher works for Pitman Trustees and having waded through a number of Pitman GAA reports , I had expected another … Continue reading
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Tagged IGC, OMG, OMW, pension, Skandia, The Pensions Regulator, workplace pension
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Not clueless but powerless
In one of the most bizarre episodes of my working life, I found myself hanging up my coat while agreeing with the Pension Regulator a redaction to yesterday’s blog. As I spoke , I bumped into the man I had … Continue reading
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Tagged AWT, clueless, powerless, The Pensions Regulator, Workie, Workpace Pension
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Hughes v Royal London – a sorry state of affairs.
It’s not often that I read a legal judgement in full but that’s what I’ve just done, to understand how Ms Hughes has successfully won a cased which allows her to send her hard earned pension savings to a fund … Continue reading
The Oxleas pension scandal
The offer made by the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a scandal. There is no other word for it. Staff are being misinformed about pensions and being offered “sexy-cash” to help Oxleas balance its books. Our nurses are worth more … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, NHS, NHS Pension Scheme, nurses, Opt in, Opt-out, Oxleas, Paul Maloney, pension, Retirement, Royal London, Steve Webb, The Pensions Regulator
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And time goes on – and so do I
If this isn’t a line from a Johnny Cash or Hank Williams song, then I may have just written the history of Country and Western in one line! Time does go on, we are now well into the next critical … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, choice, FCA, Financial services, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, The Pensions Regulator, workid, workplace Pensions
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Tidings of great joy from the ICAEW
Auto-enrolment is a worry to accountants. Estimates are pretty consistent that around two thirds of all employers staging auto enrolment will look to accountants for compliance with auto-enrolment regulations and help with choosing and setting up a workplace pension. Unfortunately … Continue reading
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Tagged accountants, auto enrolment, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, fact sheet, Financial services, Friends of Auto-Enrolment, Government, ICAEW, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, PI insurance, Politics, Risk, The Pensions Regulator, TPR, Workie
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End of year sweep up to resolve “net pay” lost tax relief?
A friend, a Director of NOW Pensions and a man whose integrity cannot be questions , has sent me this paper. I had thought to take thoughts on it privately, but in the light of the controversy over “net pay” … Continue reading
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Tagged net-pay, NOW Pensions, Pension taxation, pensions, PLSA, The Pensions Regulator
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