Tag Archives: workplace Pensions

NEETs do not need worries about “pension-wealth”

So it’s now 6 months since the ONS broke the bad news for youngsters and it looks like the pensions industry or at least its marketing department, is waking up to an opportunity. Under 24 and under pensioned? Under 24 … Continue reading

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“By 50 year olds – for 50 year olds” – a pension system needing a relaunch- Richard Smith

Richard Smith has clipped this showing who understands pensions and who doesn’t. It’s produced by the people who are building the pension dashboard and boy/girl, they’re thorough. Here’s Richard explaining and including a link to Kate Shiner’s work. The chart … Continue reading

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Nobody notices the changes to pension law this Government is bringing in – WHY NOT?

If you read the press , you will hear what this Government has got wrong but not much about what it is doing right. There is no mention of the workplace pensions that it’s getting right! This from this morning’s … Continue reading

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KISS – Pensions need to be kept simple, stupid.

Running this headline yesterday, Professional Pensions became confused between arguments for proliferation from the House of Lords and arguments from an administrator to consolidate pensions onto a few well run administration platforms. This article started out as an attempt by … Continue reading

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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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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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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

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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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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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