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Honest research from Towers Watson on employer attitudes to workplace pensions
I have a lot of respect for Towers Watson. They may be big but they have kept their integrity through their expansion and the people who work for them demonstrate a focus on their customers and an intellectual integrity that … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, DB, dc, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Public Sector Pensions, Research, Retirement, Roger Urwin, Steve Webb, Towers Watson, twitter, workplace pension
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Waiting for Dunkirk ; The Pensions and Benefits show #pb13.
We’ve seen the early skirmishes which have been won by large employers throwing money at the problem but our Dunkirk has yet to come Continue reading
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Tagged Aon Hewitt, Dunkirk, KPMG, pension, Phoney War, Speed dating, Steve Webb, Towers Watson
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Risk-sharing starts with cost-sharing
This lunchtime we will be debating pension charges at the Pension Play Pen lunch (50 Cornhill). This blog may help in organising my thinking and perhaps your thinking too! The terms of the debate about the charges cap that the … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged AMC, DC Comics, pension, PQM, Standard Life, Steve Webb, Towers Watson, United States
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The problem with actuaries
The closest most actuaries get to the beneficiaries of pensions is behind a one way mirror watching a focus group arranged by a marketing company. Continue reading
10 infrastucture opportunities pension funds cannot ignore!
The Government has announced that it wants UK pension funds to invest in UK infrastructure. This week we saw a slice of Thames Water purchased by the Chinese. I live on the Thames and as dawn rises this morning I’m on “Junk Alert” on “the partially yellow river”. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Bankers, Church of England, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, religion, Retirement, social media, Treasury, Twickenham, twitter
Tagged Government, Hedge fund, Isle of Man, London, pension, Richard Branson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail, Rugby Football Union, Tarmac, Thames Water, Towers Watson
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