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Tag Archives: workplace Pensions
Are the nuts and bolts of our workplace pensions coming loose?
In September 2018, the Financial Times reported on PensionSync research Millions of pounds of tax relief has been overpaid to workplace pension savers in the UK following errors made by tens of thousands of employers. Regulators conceded this week … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, nuts and boults, pensions, workplace Pensions
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We can have venturous investment within the pension charge cap
I’m a big fan of the British Business Bank (BBB) which helps start-ups like AgeWage organise the money to get them up and running and helps them grow. I’m also a fan of their idea of making workplace pension work … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Charge cap, pensions, workplace Pensions
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What would BREXIT mean to workplace pensions?
Europe has a great deal of influence on UK pensions; the influence includes fund reporting, funding requirements, reserving against risk and even competition between service providers. This can have very strange results. The reason that NEST has such a … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Gina Miller, pensions, Ros Altmann, workplace, workplace Pensions
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Do we have to wait for the car crash, before we mend the road? CP19/25
Around £12bn worth of DB pension pots could have been subjected to poor transfer advice, based on these FCA figures. This is over one year alone. pic.twitter.com/eUPWu8UoL0 — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) July 30, 2019 It is now too late to … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, age wage, BSPS, dc pensions, de-risking, pensions
Tagged de-risking, workplace Pensions, WPS
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British Steel – workplace pensions go missing
Maria Espadinha’s excellent article in the FT’s Advisor clarifies to financial advisers that were Greybull to go into administration, there would be no impact on the new BSPS. It’s a timely reminder as there will undoubtedly be increased vulnerability amongst traumatised … Continue reading
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Tagged BSPS, ft, FTadvisor, Greybull, Maria Espidhana, tata, workplace Pensions
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Our pensions need you!
I got some fierce feedback on yesterday’s blog where I moaned at the lack of progress in helping people convert DC pension pots to a wage for life/salary in retirement/agewage. Here’s Richard Chilton There is an implicit assumption in … Continue reading
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Tagged pension pots, pensions, Richard Chilton, workplace Pensions
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“In an advised world – do workplace pensions need trustees”.
The quote is taken from a recent interview of Steve Webb of Royal London. It is a critical question which deserves an answer. The Workplace Pension Governance landscape (is changing) Something very odd is happening in DC Governance, something that … Continue reading
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Tagged governance, pensions, Royal London, workplace, workplace Pensions
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Virgin Money’s stakeholder is in special measures – put the IGC in charge.
Sid Vicious didn’t last long at Virgin when the Sex Pistols flirted with the record label. His relationship was as stormy as the Virgin Money’s IGC is with Virgin Money. Things are vicious once again , even if the Pistols … Continue reading
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Tagged IGC, pensions, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Virgin Money, workplace Pensions
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IGC reports 2019; what should we be looking for?
For those who don’t follow this blog, I’ve been reviewing IGC reports since 2015/16 and intend to do so again this year. There is very little accountability on the IGCs. Though IGCs were set up to put right … Continue reading
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How do we use our IGCs?
My key words in the title are “we” and “our”. The Independent Governance Committee’s set up as a result of the failings in contact-based workplace pensions identified by the OFT, are for us – the consumer. They were not set … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, FCA, IGC, pensions, TPR, workplace Pensions
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