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Avoid the ambulance chasers and choose your workplace pension wisely
In America the business of providing staff with a retirement benefits plan (known as 401k) is taken very seriously. Employers have fiduciary responsibility to the participants and to the plan. That means that if employers do not take due care … Continue reading
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Tagged ambulane chasers, auto enrolment, employers, pension, Workie, workplace pension
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How can payroll bureaux profit from auto-enrolment?
I’ve recently been asked by the leading payroll trade publication to answer some questions. I’ve enjoyed thinking about them and have set out my answers below. I’m not a payroll manager and I don’t run a bureau – I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pensions
Tagged accountant, auto enrolment, book keeper, Payroll World, pension, Technology, Workie, workplace pension
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Pensions and the “Olympic bounce”.
Remember what it was like in the first half of 2012 – Britain was fed up and just as “austerity” was biting, we had the Olympics! We couldn’t afford it, it was a pre financial crisis, it would be disruptive, … Continue reading
The peril of pensions (a quiet word in payroll’s ear).
Anyone who manages payroll, whether in-house or as an outsourcer, will by now have discovered the perils of auto-enrolment. This article will not rehearse the process issues (you’ll be relieved to know). But with auto-enrolment come workplace pensions. Currently the majority … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged accountant, auto enrolment, DWP, NEST, Payroll, pension, The Pensions Regulator, TPR, Workie, workplace pension
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Taking possession; how’s Workie performing ?
There’s an urban (pension) myth that it’s not until your pension is worth as much as your car that you take any notice of it. My car has been written off twice and has a scrap value of £1000 so … Continue reading
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Tagged defaqto, first actuarial, Investment, NEST, pension playpen, Performance, Workie, workplace pension
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Auto-enrolment-Is Workie working?
By now we were due to be in trouble. There was talks of Tsunamis and capacity crunches. Nostradamus had nothing on the industry commentators saying that we wouldn’t cope; we’re coping. I go to events and ask participants, how’s … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Pensions Regulator, TPR, Workie, workplace pension
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How Mill Pensions help small employers to choose their workplace pension.
Here are a few testimonials we’ve been collecting from business advisers using Pension PlayPen. We don’t pretend they are unbiased – these are the people who love us. But what’s not to love about a service that delivers more for … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Elaine Tarver, Mill Pensions, pension, pension playpen, Workie
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“Workie Vicit” – tPR on the state of AE
The Pension Regulator has published its snappily entitled Automatic enrolment commentary and analysis report 2015/16 The first question I asked as I opened its 45 pages was “who’s it for?“. TPR’s primary stakeholder is the DWP which funds it and … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, D, DB, DWP, Mastertrust, NEST, staging, the Pensions Regualtor, TPR, Workie
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Workie off balance-Frank to the rescue!
An everyday story of kleptocratic mismanagement Here is an extract from the recently published conversation between the DWP Select Committee (Frank Field & Co) and the DWP (under new management). You are always supposed to read the source material first, … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, Frank Field, kleptocratic, pension, Workie
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Why every firm must pay attention to their pension
The poet Yeats , concludes a short poem But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. Small employers rely on large organisations to establish, … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, NEST, pension, pension playpen, pensions, TPR, tread on my dreams, Workie
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