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CDC and the actuarial profession
I am not an actuary, I work with actuaries and I work for an actuarial firm. I stand up for actuaries and I praise them where praise is due. Yesterday saw an attack on the actuarial profession on twitter … Continue reading
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Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Aon, CDC, first actuarial, IFoA, pensions, Royal Mail, transfers, WTW
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CMA investment probe shock; the big three breathe again!
It shows the distance between the consumer and the investment consultant that all but a handful of readers will know what this headline refers to. To the general public, the Competition and Markets Authority’s probe into the opaque world of … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged Aon, CMA, Consultants, Investment, Mercer, pensions, WTW
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So you want to pay your own pension costs- do you?
A new twist to the Pension Transfer Debate has been introduced by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) at a seminar last Tuesday at their London offices. At the event, consultants reported a ripple effect caused by the surge in members transferring out. WTW … Continue reading
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Tagged CETV, Consultants, defined benefit, final salary, IFA, pensions, SIPP, transfers, WTW
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Resistance is futile! The FCA give the bully boys their marching orders
For you Tommy zee war is over! So the investment consultants are to be marched off to Stalug Luft CMA, for prolonged interrogation and indefinite detainment. Happily I have no pretentions to be an investment consultant and so can … Continue reading
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WTW-you don’t “de-risk”; you transfer risk!
In late March, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) published a survey of the choices made by 170,000 members of occupational defined benefit schemes. This is the question the survey sets out to answer “What choices have pension members made since the dawn … Continue reading
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Tagged CETV, ETV, Pension Risk, Pie, Risk, Risk transfer, Willis Towers Watson, WTO, WTW
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Same old Watsons – taking the p*ss!
The FT is not known for having a laugh but I suspect that Chris Flood was snickering a little when he composed this little beauty I hope they don’t mind me sharing a great article that exposes the extraordinary arrogance … Continue reading
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In denial and in disgust – investment consultants and the FCA.
I went to the Vuelio blogger awards last night, which was fun, young, female and loud. I learned that I am unusual in not making money out of my blog and that I could make this a mobile advertising platform for … Continue reading
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Tagged Aon, Aon Hewitt, FCA, in denial, in disgust, investment consultant, Mercer, Vuelio, Willis Towers Watson, WTW
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“Blindsided!”-investment consultants caught by FCA’s rabbit punch
Nobody saw it coming. I went to a conference of investment consultants earlier in the month, the FCA’s Market Review was not on the agenda of any of the day’s sessions. But the FCA’s proposal to make a MARKET INVESTIGATION REFERENCE … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Actuary, Aon, defined benefit, FCA, first actuarial, Hymans Robertson, IGC, Innovation, LCP, Market Review, Mercer, pension, Technology, TPR, WTW
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