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Tag Archives: Zurich
IGC Class of 2018 – the results are in – this is how your Chair Report stacks up.
So here are my ratings for the principal IGC reports that I can find. There may be more reports skulking out there and I’ll be adding them if they get reported to me! As you can see, they … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, Black Rock, Chair, Fidelity, IGC, L&G, Old Mutual, pensions, Prudential, Scottish Widows, Standard, Zurich
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Laugh, cry, applaud! Zurich’s IGC report is flawed – but a “must read”
I don’t know whether to laugh, applaud or cry when reading Zurich IGC reports and Laurie Edmans’ third report is no exception. Laugh – because of Laurie’s brutal honesty But from the members’ perspective, it does not matter whether the … Continue reading
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Tagged IGC, Laurie Edmonds, pensions, Scottish Widows, Zurich
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Taylor – the Full Monty or a stitch-up?
I was asked to comment on the impact of the Taylor Report on Payroll at the Reward Autumn Update. Though I had been promised a script from Matthew Taylor himself, it never turned up – maybe I was stitched … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, gig-economy, Matthew Taylor, pensions, PPI, self-employed, Zurich
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Zurich and Widows, a sensible marriage?
I had better be careful here, my partner Stella is Group Pensions Director at Lloyds Banking Group and I am a Zurich pensioner and ex- head of sales of the Zurich workplace proposition. I have -as they say – … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate pensions, Eagle Star, Lloyds Banking Group, Zurich
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Slow and steady – the Zurich IGC
Laurie Edmans, Zurich’s IGC chair is a laid-back man. It shows in the IGC report that is considered and unhurried. It is a very good read as a deliberation on value for money though it is rather short on action … Continue reading
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Tagged edmans, pensions, Transaction costs, workplace pension, Zurich, zurich igc
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Paul Trickett – a big thank you!
I understand that Paul Trickett is joining Aviva as a Director of the Life Company. Paul tells me he has resigned his posts as Chair of the Trustees of the Zurich Staff Pension Scheme and of the L&G Master Trust. … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged Aviva, Chair, IGC, Mastertrust, Paul Trickett, Zurich
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Don’t underestimate SME’s hunger for investment know-how!
I am frustrated by the capitulation of many in the pension industry to the challenge faced by inducting 1.2m new employers into our funded pension culture. The Pension Apartheid practiced by the investment elite At a recent event, Joanne Segers, CEO … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education, First Actuarial, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Aviva, democracy, Fidelity, Investment, L&G, NEST, NOW, Pensions Trust, People's Pension, Scottish Widows, Smarter Pensions, Standard Life, Zurich
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How competitive is our private pension system?
We are three months away from the launch of the new pension freedoms and not much is happening. There ain’t nothing shaking but the leaves on the trees! NEST has issued a lengthy consultation on what it should … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, art of pensions, bank accounts, Business, CDC, competition, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, FCA, Fidelity, Freedoms, Government, Guidance, Insurance, Insurers, L&G, Laura Perks- Art, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pendragon, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, simon freeman, Standard Life, Steve Webb, TPAS, Treasury, trees, Zurich
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