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Are mastertrusts safe?
Is it good enough that pension schemes can operate without ANY capital adequacy requirements That’s the question posed by FT’s Jo Cumbo and as that old adage “50% of people don’t know what “50%” means” goes to show, most people … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Financial services, pension, pensions, Retirement, trust mster trust, Workie, workplace pension
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50 shades of “Workie”.
Are all Workplace Pensions the same? Can we distinguish one “Workie” from another? Are all Workies equal – or are some Workies more equal than another? For those not familiar with the adverts- Workie is a Technicolor creature, designed by … Continue reading
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Tagged accountants, auto enrolment, business advisers, choice, DWP, Payroll, pensions, Workie, workplace Pensions
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Choosing our “Workie”- how hard can we make it?
This week and for weeks to come , I am out and about talking with the payroll partners of large accountancy practices who feel they have no choice but to help their employer clients through auto-enrolment. I’m doing this work … Continue reading
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Tagged accountancy, accountants, auto enrolment, Financial services, net-pay, Payroll, pension, relief at source, Workie, workplace pension
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“And the language that he used!” Does Workie speak?
Go to him now, he calls you- you can’t refuse If you ain’t got nothing- you got nothing to lose! Great lines taken out of context from Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone“. The link takes you to a … Continue reading
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Tagged articulate, measures of support, pension, pension playpen, Workie, workplace pension
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Is Workie working? Who’s hot and who’s not in the workplace pension world.
This morning Pension PlayPen launches “Measures of support”. the result of nearly 6 months research into how intermediaries and employers see the workplace pensions they are using to enroll staff. We will be making the report generally public during the … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, DWP, pension, pensions, Retirement, TPR, Workie, workplace Pensions
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Is NEST “preaching from the pulpit with its trousers round its ankles”?
Is NEST preaching from the pulpit with its trousers round its ankles? Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Charlotte Clark, DWP, Helen Dean, mince pies, NEST, Ros Altmann, TPR, Workie, workplace Pensions
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What has the financial services industry learned from auto-enrolment?
The first lesson that the financial services is learning from auto-enrolment is that consumer purchasing cannot be predicted on the basis of past performance. Continue reading
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Tagged apprentice, auto enrolment, FAMR, FCA, IFA, on-line, pensions, regulation, robo-advice, Workie, workplace pension
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Choice – we love to have it – we hate to use it!
Choice – a mass of contradictions I’ve noted before that choice is something we feel we cannot do without but is something we generally cannot deal with. It is rare that the phrase ” I had no choice” is used in … Continue reading
Asleep at the wheel on net pay – and they want to drive the bus!
The PLSA are making a fuss about SMEs. Small Business Saturday tells me that my small business can get its help – and it’s just round the corner! But I am not convinced, since the launch of Pension Solutions, its … Continue reading
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Tagged asleep at the wheel, auto enrolment, net-pay, PLSA, relief at source, Workie, workplace pension
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Tidings of great joy from the ICAEW
Auto-enrolment is a worry to accountants. Estimates are pretty consistent that around two thirds of all employers staging auto enrolment will look to accountants for compliance with auto-enrolment regulations and help with choosing and setting up a workplace pension. Unfortunately … Continue reading
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