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Tag Archives: Zurich
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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Hats off to all workplace pension providers
I’ve referred earlier this week to an excellent article by Kim North in Money Marketing in which she points to the ongoing work Scottish Widows have been doing on the participation of women in workplace pensions. In the same … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, NEST, Retirement
Tagged Aegon, Aviva, BlackRock, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Friends Life, Government, L&G, London, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Prudential, Retirement, Royal London, Scottish Life, Standar Life, Steve Webb, workplace Pensions, Zurich
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Time for a “4G” Pensions auction?
If you want to have a mobile phone company you need a 3G licence which costs money. The Government made a lot of money from selling the use of our 3G radio waves to Vodafone and the like and are set to … Continue reading
How shares work (for us and our pensions)
Shares haven’t worked well for us over the past twelve years. World stock markets, especially the mature markets in Britain , Japan and the US, are worth less today than they were at the turn of the millenium. While some company’s shares … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Bankers, Change, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, defined aspiration, FSA, happiness, Henry Tapper blog, Retirement
Tagged Alastair Ross Goobey, Association of British Insurers, BlackRock, Investment management, National Association of Pension Funds, pension, Standard Life, Zurich
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Yeovil has the best pension plan in the country
Congratulations to Agusta Westland, proud sponsors of Yeovil Town Football Club, manufacturers of top helicopters and now the sponsors of Britain’s #1 pension scheme. I had the honour of dancing with their wonderful pension team and though I was unable … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, pension playpen, Retirement
Tagged AgustaWestland, dc pensions, England, Financial services, Human Resources, Jeremy Vine, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Scottish Widows, Somerset, Sports, Yeovil, yeovil town fc, Yeovil Town FC, YTFC, Zurich
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“Buying a Retirement Income” from an RIP
I’m sure the panelled annuitants or Retirement Income Providers (hereafter known as RIPs) are feeling pretty comfortable about life this morning.
Posted in annuity, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Aviva, Business, Insurance, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pensions, pensions, Personal Accounts, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Scheme, Tom McPhail, Zurich
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