Tag Archives: Torsten Bell

Changes for turning pots to pension and getting scale for workplace pensions.

Posted on July 13, 2026 by henry tapper

Not much policy can have ambition to “chart the course to a pensions system fit for the 21st century“. That’s how Torsten Bell talks of his workplace pension work. Here is what the charting of the next ten years looks. … Continue reading →

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An orderly transfer of leadership – that’s what we’re getting and the markets like it.

Posted on June 23, 2026 by henry tapper

Naomi Rovnick is right Ok, there’s a touch of irony in the post but the sight on the lunchtime news , of the future prime minister getting off his train at Kings Cross reminded me that this was not a … Continue reading →

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Incisive is Professional with Pensions; “Leave aside cynicism and get on with making CDC work”

Posted on June 12, 2026 by henry tapper

Thanks to Professional Pensions for the balance of journalism. Over the past six months of 2026 I have seen support from Incisive Media for progressive ideas on pensions and in particular its recent work giving a voice to those of … Continue reading →

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How will pensions be affected by the local elections?

Posted on May 11, 2026 by henry tapper

Local politics and LGPS I don’t think we have had time to think of the impact of new councils on old pensions but I’d expect this event to be interesting I won’t be going this year, my media pass has … Continue reading →

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How will pensions be affected by the local elections?

Posted on May 9, 2026 by henry tapper

Local politics and LGPS I don’t think we have had time to think of the impact of new councils on old pensions but I’d expect this event to be interesting I won’t be going this year, my media pass has … Continue reading →

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Politicising pensions the way the conservatives have done is a disgrace

Posted on May 2, 2026 by henry tapper

This tells me a lot about the pensions of politics. Add to the supporters of the Conservative shadow DWP SOS , I have read articles in The Times, The Sun and social media from Pensions UK praising he work, this … Continue reading →

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Union’s problems with “pension pots” can be solved by employers “listening to their people”- Torsten Bell

Posted on May 1, 2026 by henry tapper

  I asked a question of the Pensions Minister yesterday. I had been asked to ask it by the Finance Director of a large employer (more than 20,000 staff) with most in a DC workplace pension. He told me that … Continue reading →

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“Seven reasons to be pension perky!” from Torsten Bell

Posted on May 1, 2026 by henry tapper

Speaking to a friend after the PA Conference yesterday I asked him how he found the Pension Minister’s speech earlier in the day. The reply was typical of my friends from the north west of England, it was blunt and … Continue reading →

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It is a shame that mandation is needed for our pensions funds to invest in our country

Posted on April 30, 2026 by henry tapper

The FT are clear that the Government has won a victory over opposition to an aspect of its Pension Schemes Bill Of course the campaign that Rachel Reeves was helping to launch last week went further than pensions but workplace … Continue reading →

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If trustees are so great – why did we need the Mansion House Accord?

Posted on April 26, 2026 by henry tapper

  The problems facing the  this Labour Government is its lack of conviction. The FT writes this morning Starmer regime has come to feel bizarrely similar to that of Boris Johnson: for different reasons, there is a vacuum where the … Continue reading →

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