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Stagecoach’s Pension’s heritage simplified – in less than 2 minutes
There are parts of a weekend when you’re finding yourself wanting to hear someone talking at you. I start this blog with a five year old news item linking Stagecoach with Aberdeen and will revert to the heritage of the … Continue reading
You will know the Stagecoach pension deal is a ‘landmark’ from the backlash
But there is already a backlash from those who want to diminish those who have engineered this deal to a cartoon. This post has been liked by the insurance lobby. Aberdeen is taking over the Stagecoach Group Pension Scheme as … Continue reading
Will HSBC pensioners get unjust deserts?
I came across this post on Linked in. It’s from Andy Ripley, head of retail sales at HSBC for 10 years. It feels from the heart. I have not verified the numbers myself but there is an underlying concern here.from … Continue reading
The damage that QE did to a saver who did what the Trustees and Insurer told her to
This is the story of one of my readers who has suffered such financial loss from following her trustee’s glidepath to retirement that she is making a complaint. I have been writing this week about the Bank of England’s comments … Continue reading
How do trustee’s feel about DB surpluses- from their mouth or according to an insurer?
Pension PlayPen; pension surpluses debated by trustees. There are two sources of information on how trustees feel about DB pension surplus’. The first is an excellent presentation and lengthy debate by trustees about how money comes out of pension schemes … Continue reading
The professional trustee goes from strength to strength – but do their pension schemes?
One of the insistent themes that emerged from the two days of conference I have been at in Scotland is the collapse of the trustee as a representative figure of the member (and worker). This may be because a great … Continue reading
Tom McPhail – a very different professional trustee
The clock had passed 5pm last night when Tom and I sat down in a secret garden near Cannon Street to catch up. Tom is spending the next couple of days in his first day meetings as a Trustee of … Continue reading
LCP identify Trustees as Pensions’ true “Power-Brokers”
I am pleased that LCP has produced a report about Pension Trustees, both those of DC and DB funds. Here is their executive summary Executive Summary There is growing interest within government in using pension assets to promote the growth … Continue reading
Are Trustees bothered- Rosalind Connor says they should be!
Should Trustees be listening to employers from their pensions? Should they be worried about the financial strength of the employers whose workforces they run a pension scheme for? In a fun but sophisticated presentation, Rosalind explained how the law has … Continue reading
The strategic pension consultancy the trustees built
If you are a trustee , you don’t need to look outside the tent to get help with your pension strategy. Independent Governance Group (IGG) has launched its Strategic Pension Solutions Centre of Excellence. It is effectively a resource for … Continue reading