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Fat cats can’t diet
The chances of getting Fat Cats to diet are zero . But it is a function of capitlaism that market forces will eventually redress the balance. The ultimate market force is consumerism and when consumers of financial services choose not to feed the Fat Cats, then they will slim.
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Tagged Aston Martin, Basis point, Business, Financial services, Logica, London, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, United States
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UK Pensions – How Lucky We Are
We should be proud of our pension system and I for one go into 2011 believing that America and other nations can look to the UK for leadership in this field. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
Tagged Alabama, annuity, City Council, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial Assistance Scheme, Lehman Brothers, New York Times, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, The PEnsion Regulator, United States
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NEST For the self employed?
The “pensions landscape” ,as the FSA calls it, looks as barren for traditional financial advisers as a first wold war battlefield.
Pension Playpen lunch- the new consensus
Next lunch is Monday December 6th- same place but we’ll be doing a Christmas special. Continue reading
Is guidance good enough – FSA?
One of the consequences of the pensions mis-selling scandal of the 1990s has been a long tail of distrust between occupational trustees and their advisers and advisers regulated by the FSA. Continue reading
The Pension Playpen
It embraces dullness as a mother embraces her child’s dirty nappy- as something to be disposed of. Continue reading
A democratic Duty of Care
My confidence that a just and equitable setltlement will be reached is based on my unwavering belief in the value of British Society to deliver a fair solution. Continue reading
Bish bash and off to the pub -DC fund governance
I can only assume that one day investment consultants will wake up to these realities but that will be the day that they start to think as DC experts and not as DB consultants looking for something to do. Continue reading
Tagged BlackRock, Business, Fund, Investing, Investment, Mutual fund, Tracking error, United States
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Prolebrity
As I write, today is the last day of Big Brother and the day before Pastor Terry Jones decides whether to burn Korans. The radio hums with disapprobation. “Celebrity should be earned not given” “How can this man’s disgusting views get world wide … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, Business, Freedom of speech, Government, Liverpool, Mass media, social media, Terry Jones, United States
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Swapping away your pension increases?
We’re seeing a lot of sponsors asking their trustees to agree that members can be offered a cash inducement or a higher level pension in exchange for their giving up their entitlement to future increased in their pensions. So what should … Continue reading