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Capital doesn’t respond to slogans – it responds to incentives (Dan Mikulskis)
If you’re travelling to Edinburgh for the Pensions UK conference should read this . First published in IPE, it’s conclusion is simple and one that we can all sign up to Capital doesn’t respond to slogans – it responds to … Continue reading
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A wake up and a shake up for advisers and trustees in their “end game”
Two amendments are going through the House of Lords, framed by Baroness Altmann of Tottenham. I am proud to have played a part in this work but recognise the bulk of the momentum has been created by Stagecoach’s DB Pension, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate risk, DB, dc, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, TPR, VFM, workplace Pensions
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We don’t need austerity, we need to invest and grow
Martin Woolf has produced an econium to growth and posted it in the FT. People care about their standard of living. Democracy is simply far stronger if it is possible for everybody to become better off. Growth provides that. … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Business, Ecopnium, Employment, Government, growth, Investment, Martin Woolf, pension, Pensions, Tax, Treasury, workplace Pensions
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Workplace pensions – a bright star in a dark sky for Corporate Britain
It is a good time for LCP to launch a report that praises our corporate pensions. Yesterday we learned that an American Company has pulled a £4.6bn corporate pension plan in favour of an American assisted buy-in from L&G. Today’s … Continue reading
CDC – we “stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start”.
I am pleased with the news that Parliament will have legislation set before it on Thursday tomorrow, which will allow the CDC on a whole of life basis to go ahead. A consultation about at retirement CDC will follow shortly. … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, annuity, Business, CDC, Con Keating, dc, pension, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Torsten swerves taxation chicanes and is flat out on the straights
I have been enjoying listening to commentators trying to make head or tails of the Pension Minister’s position on taxation , all hoping that there’s something coming there way. The wealth managers , who make up the readership of Citywire … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell, Borvill, Citywire, dc pensions, DWP, Flat out, Formula one, Pensions, workplace Pensions
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Are there cuckoos scrambling your (tax-free) pension nest egg?
My friend Johnny Timpson put a thumbs down to an article in the Guardian . Not something that I’d expect; like the snoop I am, I decided to take a look. Here’s the article in the Guardian. Here’s why I … Continue reading
Good work – Pensions UK- if small pots can be sorted by the decade’s end.
Pensions UK, you are doing the work that is needed, bringing together experts to get this done to a timetable. I have written the blog so you can stop with Zoe Alexander’s news item, or follow with Matthew Williams or … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension UK, Retirement, small pots, workplace Pensions
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“A colossal financial scandal” – Reeves welcomes Brookfield to our pensions.
I cannot say I am impressed by the Linked in post from Rachel Reeves, I do not see the Bermuda based arm of Brookfield as a good owner of Britain’s pensions. I side with the comments of Jnamdoc, the mysterious … Continue reading
Defending the defenceless is ethical; the money’s in my pension fund!
The FT, like the Telegraph, are keen to talk up the adamant attitude of People’s Pension and Nest to run ethical funds that do not invest in defence stocks. This despite calls from 100 Labour MPs to increase fund investment … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, defence, DWP, Financial services, ft, Government, Mark Carney, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pensions, politics, workplace Pensions
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