Tag Archives: TPAS

What is going on at MAPS?

Posted on June 12, 2019 by

I want MAPS to succeed. It needs an experienced person as its CEO who understands pensions. Here’s MAPS’ news as  Pension Age presents it. The Money and Pensions Service (Maps) chief executive officer, John Govett, has resigned eight months into … Continue reading →

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Michelle Cracknell CBE

Posted on June 9, 2019 by

    Michelle Cracknell has been awarded a CBE It was announced on a Saturday as part of the Queen’s birthday honours. She is trying to make out it was for TPAS, but the award was given and earned by … Continue reading →

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Assistance, guidance and equipment for the future – that’s what we all need!

Posted on December 14, 2018 by

I am off to Westminster this morning to meet the new boss of the Single Finance Guidance Body. We’re not going to be talking dashboards – he’s in dashboard purdah till the consultation’s over. My agenda is AGE – Assist-Guide-Equip. … Continue reading →

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Pension Wise; demand outstrips supply

Posted on November 27, 2018 by

I got many of my clients into a pension pot and I’m determined to get their money our of it! Continue reading →

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Getting a result from your pension

Posted on November 24, 2018 by

  TPAS have a very simple acronym AGE. It stands for “Assist – Guide- Equip”. When we meet at AgeWage to discuss how people navigate to the things they want to find, we use AGE as our method. Assistance comes … Continue reading →

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Why we will miss The Pensions Advisory Service!

Posted on November 3, 2018 by

By the end of this year, the Pensions Advisory Service will be no more, subsumed into the Single Guidance Body. By the end of spring, their vibrant “third world” offices in Belgrave Road will be empty. Whether the goodwill that … Continue reading →

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We are losing women leaders- will we also lose TPAS?

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

Going, going, gone – from public policy. At one point in 2015, we had a female pensions minister, MAS was run by a woman, tPR was about to be run by a woman, the FCA,  PLSA and NEST were run … Continue reading →

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Expel the corporates – our classrooms are for teaching!

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

  Here are two blogs , one from the CEO of TPAS and one from the head of strategic partnerships at  Zurich Insurance. The blogs occurred consecutively on my linked in stream Blog one can be found here Blog two … Continue reading →

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L&G – “sometimes it’s better to listen than talk”; home truths from a member.

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

    Along with 40 or so others,  I went to the L&G IGC Annual Member Forum yesterday morning. I left with a beautifully produced slide deck and a professionally printed copy of this year’s IGC report- I also left … Continue reading →

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Complaints about complaints

Posted on February 13, 2018 by

+++UPDATE+++ The Pension Ombudsman has been in touch with me over this blog and wants me to point out that some of the cases with him have taken 4 years for resolution. Clearly some cases are “broke”! Apparently the lease … Continue reading →

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