Tag Archives: Venture Capital
“Bovvered?” – do the private markets care about Rishi and Boris’s agenda?
The FT is reporting that the Private Equity markets are distinctly unimpressed by the opportunity to invest a portion of our workplace pension in its funds with scant regard to the charge cap which currently protects savers from egregious charges … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged bovvered, pants, Private Equity, Venture Capital, whisky swillers
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Are unicorns just for little girls?
I don’t often agree with my friend Steven Groves (at least not on social media) but we found common ground yesterday after I argued that the charge cap needs a carve out to accommodate performance fees when something goes really … Continue reading
Where performance breaches the charge cap – everyone wins!
Andrew Warwick-Thompson is quoted in the FT today claiming that “The government is pandering to the asset management industry” and that “Asset managers should be changing their fees structure to fit the charge cap, and not the other way … Continue reading
What if your pension pot is invested in private equity?
The truth is most of us have no way of answering this question. We have no idea what our pension pots are invested in and it might surprise you to know that many of the default managed by master trusts … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged Bluesky, cyrstal, evovle, pension pot, pensions, Private Equity, Venture Capital
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In defence of small pension schemes
I went to bed worrying about this statement and woke up with it still rattling round my brain. “A lot of employers are fed up with their pensions and want to see the back of them, they want to see … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged Alan Rubenstein, assets, ed truell, liabilities, pension, pensions, Venture Capital
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Social entrepreneurs and pension leaders ; Robert and Dawid
Some talk about it, some tweet about it and some do it. Robert and Dawid, my friends who run Redington and Mallowstreet do all three! It’s one thing to muse on instigating best practice into pension scheme management, it’s another to … Continue reading
Posted in de-risking, mallowstreet, pensions, redington, social media
Tagged Business, de-risking, Entrepreneur, Financial services, Languages, Lisp, mallowstreet, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pensions, Philanthropy, Programming, redington, Scheme, Social Enterprise, Social entrepreneurship, social media, Venture Capital
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