Tag Archives: transfers
Ten questions for LCP’s Draper and Taylor that CDC needs answering
Please add to your calendar and click here or post the link into your diary. It’s at 10.30 am online. (Tuesday 8th September) https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/349110786671465?p=44cRsS3vjiqJGdW8aF It’s back from work and feet under the table and we’re having the first Coffee Morning since … Continue reading
Collective Pensions (CDC) your questions answered by LCP’s Steve Taylor and Helen Draper
Join us at 10.30 am on Tuesday September 8th for a cracking conversation with two of Britain’s top CDC consultants. I am aware of charge-out rates for top consultants at top consultancies and I’m amazed that two such – Helen … Continue reading
Where else can you ask questions to LCP partners about collective pensions for free?
Join us at 10.30 am on Tuesday September 8th for a cracking conversation with two of Britain’s top CDC consultants. I am aware of charge-out rates for top consultants at top consultancies and I’m amazed that two such – Helen … Continue reading
Nick “the bushes” Chadha entertains, educates and explains Stagecoach’s pension.
I was surprised and pleased to find Nick the Bushes on the VFM podcast this week. This podcast has taken a turn for the better this year with a string of guests who are prepared to talk about pensions rather … Continue reading
Pension Bee’s campaigned for “pot transfers” since the days of Robin Hood
Pension Bee have for nearly 10 years fought the good fight for easier , cheaper and quicker pension pot transfers. Here is the latest version of what started life as the Robin Hood index! Ok – here it is! Broken … Continue reading
Before the dashboard, we need some lube in the pension gearbox
Current regulation around pension transfers is “completely unsatisfactory”, according to Margaret Snowdon, chair of the Pension Scams Industry Group. The PSIG carried out a consultation, which closed on Wednesday (July 31), looking at the future of the organisation. It was aimed at pension … Continue reading
Former regulator slams transfer regulations.
LCP are promoting a blog by new partner David Fairs, until recently Executive Director of Regulatory Policy at the Pensions Regulator, calling for rule changes to allow more people to benefit from ‘freedom and choice’ in pensions. Fairs points out … Continue reading
Why Pension Bee are right to push for a 10 day switch guarantee
It’s worth looking in more detail at Pension Bee’s work on DC transfer times. Paragraphs in italics are from yesterday’s much reported press release, my comments are not italicized PensionBee analysis of Origo’s Pension Transfer Index has uncovered a 31% … Continue reading
Why steelworker’s compo is set to fall by £15,000
The FCA has published its proposed redress scheme for steelworkers but it looks like the compensation will cost £49m rather than the estimated £71m earlier this year. The new compensation levels are now estimated to average £45,000 (down from £60,000) … Continue reading
Safe harbor proposals for DC transfers to qualifying SIPPs
With over 70 people on the call, Pension Playpen’s coffee morning – featuring Pension Bee’s Romi Savova was a lively event. Sadly, some of the more vociferous critics of Pension Bee’s complaint to the Minister couldn’t attend but it was … Continue reading