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Who speaks for workplace pensions?
TPNW breakfast a great success The Pensions Network held an excellent breakfast meeting this morning that included a grumpy Steve Webb (late night in the house?) and a variety of great speakers givin… more →
The Vision of the Pension Plowman
Who speaks for workplace pensions?
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wrote 3 days ago: TPNW breakfast a great success The Pensions Network held an excellent breakfast meeting this morning … more →
Do consumers benefit from risk-based pricing?
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wrote 4 days ago: The question arose during a talk by John Raven of Oxera and whacked me right between the eyes. This … more →
Club Quango at #WPL13
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wrote 1 week ago: Government needs quangos, the Civil Service most of all. But in a strange way, I am comforted by the … more →
Queen announces landmark legislation for older people
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wrote 1 week ago: We have repeatedly called for improvements to the pensions system and for urgent changes to the sham … more →
The "advice gap" can and will be filled
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wrote 2 weeks ago: You can only pay a compliment to someone who respects you . Because you can only accept a com … more →
No learning without doing!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Pension people are obsessed with engaging the British people about the importance of pensions while … more →
Improving governance and best practice - Work and Pensions Committee
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The Work and Pension Committee has produced an excellent report “Improving governance and best … more →
An encouraging tale of choice
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wrote 3 weeks ago: It was not long ago that we measured the value of a DC investment proposition by the number of funds … more →
Helping companies take decisions on pensions
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wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the first thing you are taught at sales school is to “sell not tell”. Selling peo … more →
The sins of the past
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Over the past four weeks we have talked with some of the senior people at the insurers and mastertru … more →
A method to chose your workplace pension scheme.
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wrote 1 month ago: I’d value your feedback on a scoring system we are developing which aims to provide employers … more →
Whatever we do, let's do it together
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wrote 1 month ago: I have just read a Report by Demos which ends like this The shift in private retirement coverage fro … more →
"Stick or twist" for the lifecos.
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wrote 1 month ago: Clubs? This is the third of three Easter blogs that address the issue of how corporate pensions are … more →
Post auto-enrolment contributions will fall by almost half
wrote 1 month ago: Post auto-enrolment pension contributions will fall by almost half (48%), according to Buck Consulta … more →
Better-buying makes auto-enrolment work
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wrote 1 month ago: We are seeing a profound change in the way people provide for their retirement. The Thatcherite exp … more →
So what's a good DC pension - Mr Webb?
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wrote 2 months ago: The Pension Minister has made it clear that auto-enrolling staff into a poor pension plan will not b … more →
Primavera for the pension playpen
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wrote 2 months ago: A baby in a playpen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I started this blog last night when it was winter and … more →
Time to look at VAT on pension costs
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wrote 2 months ago: OK – not the most exciting topic but it’s an important one! I’ve seen no discussio … more →
Pension agnostic?
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wrote 2 months ago: An ”agnostic“ is someone who knows he cannot know and so gives up trying to find out. Yo … more →
