Tag Archives: VFM

Warning – advert – but a good one – from down under!

I’m interested in how Australia is working out “value for money” as millions of Australians move towards a retirement (epic or otherwise). Here is a rare advert for this blog but I am supporting Bec Wilson as she goes to … Continue reading

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Aviva’s IGC; a good quality life company promoting itself through its IGC!

Aviva have delivered their IGC report and it’s a thorough piece of work. You can download it here or read it in full from this blog The marketing of these reports seems to depend on very relaxed executives in casual … Continue reading

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L&G IGC report – advanced tech but short on our VFM info!

I’m a policyholder with L&G and have just over £600,000 having taken over £180,000 this time last year to pay off my mortgage. The IGC is my means of understanding what is going on at L&G and I’m looking forward … Continue reading

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Its DATA can measure if your “pension” gives Value for Money

Most of us have some benefits at retirement due to us from savings we and our employer have made on our behalf. A record of the amounts paid and what they bought by way of units in funds is held … Continue reading

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Value for Money for the taxpayer from the pension system

I look forward to July 1st and the possibility that the next Mansion House Speech will bring forward progress towards a Britain properly funded and partially funded by pensions. I get this from Ros Altmann We have the text of … Continue reading

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Kevin Hollister – “VFM is a good product for free!”

It was really good to hear Kevin Hollister explain Guiide on the VFM podcast this week. I don’t think that any guest of Nico and Darren has taken more of the podcast than Kevin does and he talks about what … Continue reading

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Mark Searle’s VFM podcast – well worth listening to.

Mark Searle is not someone I know – but I’d like to! He appears on this VFM podcast and talks with good sense about what is likely to happen to the money we have invested in pensions. He was at … Continue reading

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Helen Forrest Hall may brighten light at PMI

I did not have the opportunity to go to PMI’s DC and Master Trust Symposium last week.  If I had , and stayed close to my colleague Philip Persson , I’d have met Helen Forrest Hall who leads these things … Continue reading

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Value for morning with a true communicator.

I’m doing a morning listening to Ian Beestin on the VFM podcast. I’ve been listening to all these pods but frankly I haven’t had a good reason to bring your attention to them, the hosts have interesting people but they … Continue reading

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Regulators who protect pensions not themselves

I liked listening to Robin Ellison talk with Nico Aspinall and Darren Philp  on their VFM- Pensions the podcast  The conversion is varied and mixes insights with levity allowing its 85 minutes to be a good listen. Robin has one … Continue reading

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