Yesterday morning and through the lunchtime, we remembered in praise, Andrew Warwick-Thompson Paul went to my school in Dorset. Paul was the younger, there was a story of Clank who taught Latin and…

Steve Webb gives us his view of contracting out. He ended it in 2016 after which there was nothing to contract out from. It is worth the three minutes with the former minister to remember just what…

The Pension UK conference is starting today, the facts  for those who are going and those who are paying to go or for others to go, is summarised below. This is a big event. Pensions UK estimate th…

Richard’s coming to our coffee morning to repeat his triumphal sessions over the past five years. Richard is the genuine item and a friend to Pension PlayPen. He has agreed to attend a…

Richard's coming to our coffee morning to repeat his triumphal sessions over the past five years. Richard is the genuine item and a friend to Pension PlayPen. He has agreed to attend at short notice and I hope we will give him the attention his knowledge and enthusiasm deserve. Click to attend When - Tuesday 14th October (today) at 10:30am…

The Pension UK conference is starting today, the facts  for those who are going and those who are paying to go or for others to go, is summarised below. This is a big event. Pensions UK estimate that over 1600 people will attend and they have justified claims for value for money - especially where there is no money paid…

Steve Webb gives us his view of contracting out. He ended it in 2016 after which there was nothing to contract out from. It is worth the three minutes with the former minister to remember just what a big part of many people's pot, the contracting out of SERPS and latterly S2P was. Rules of play and "offside" The eligibility rules for state pension are calculated , you get a different formulation if you are older - …

Yesterday morning and through the lunchtime, we remembered in praise, Andrew Warwick-Thompson Paul went to my school in Dorset. Paul was the younger, there was a story of Clank who taught Latin and memories of tuck brought into the school by Andrew (maybe not quite licit). A remarkable memory of Andrew from earliest memories. Gillian, the investment consultant at Bacon & Woodrow who married Andrew and bore him two children who helped us with the service, Gillian reminding us of Andrew's career from becoming a lawyer to being accepted as an honorary actuary.

I’m wondering what the state of British pensions really is and travel to Manchester wondering what I’m reading in NatWest’s assessment of the triangular dependency of pensions , b…

Ian Mcknight and Aoifinn Devitt  have a lively and friendly chat which I enjoyed a lot (though Ian goes over my head sometimes). If you’re are going to the Pension UK conference (even though …

Ian Mcknight and Aoifinn Devitt  have a lively and friendly chat which I enjoyed a lot (though Ian goes over my head sometimes). If you’re are going to the Pension UK conference (even though …

Andrew Warwick-Thompson died in August after a battle with cancer. An announcement on LinkedIn said Andrew had passed away on 19 August. He had been suffering from a rare cancer, peritoneal mesothelioma, which had been diagnosed last summer. The statement said: "Andrew approached the illness with tremendous dignity; his foremost concern throughout was the welfare and needs of his wife and two sons.

I'm wondering what the state of British pensions really is and travel to Manchester wondering what I'm reading in NatWest's assessment of the triangular dependency of pensions , banking and insurance, at least as far as our private sector defined benefit legacy of schemes and pensioners is concerned Here' an interesting interpretation of the PRA's views of Funded Re from NatWest's content management team…

Ian Mcknight and Aoifinn Devitt  have a lively and friendly chat which I enjoyed a lot (though Ian goes over my head sometimes If your are going to the Pension UK conference (even though it's not the investment one), then it's worth half of your time to get two experts. Weirdly, I was one of Aoifinn's early guests several years ago when podcasts were young and people like me were still in their prime!

It’s five years since WTW produced this research and it’s only now that the Government is taking it seriously. This second advert for CDC is rather easier to understand and is from our …

It's five years since WTW produced this research and it's only now that the Government is taking it seriously. This second advert for CDC is rather easier to understand and is from our Pension Minister. If you run a workplace pension as a GPP , your future looks difficult. Perhaps the prospect offering 57% more income than through drawdown might get customers excited?

A couple of weeks ago , Claer Barrett wrote an article about the depression that is forcing money into short term savings plans (not into an investment into our and our country’s future). Thi…

A couple of weeks ago , Claer Barrett wrote an article about the depression that is forcing money into short term savings plans (not into an investment into our and our country's future). This weekend , the FT followed up with an article with macro confirmation that we aren't spending, we aren't investing - we're hoarding here in the UK.

Next week – 14th-16th October to be precise, we will be in Manchester for the above. “We means pension scheme members of Pensions UK (already PUK to some) , people selling to them and j…

Next week – 14th-16th October to be precise, we will be in Manchester for the above. “We means pension scheme members of Pensions UK (already PUK to some) , people selling to them and j…

Next week - 14th-16th October to be precise, we will be in Manchester for the above. "We means pension scheme members of Pensions UK (PUK) , people selling to them and journalists. This year's conference aims to get us ready for pensions in five years time. We all know the challenge laid down to it by Government over the summer. I don't suppose that many Conferences have such a simple and clear aim, nor a greater responsibility to those who attend and those who don't.

Pension fund merger warning over pooling decision delay Thanks Martin George for this Ministers could force Isle of Wight pension fund to merge with Hampshire pension fund after councillors rejecte…

I have been speaking with my old friend Andy Young, an MBE for setting up the PPF who has worked with Pension Ministers ,  most especially with Steve Webb. He has no blog and should run one …

I have been speaking with my old friend Andy Young, an MBE for setting up the PPF who has worked with Pension Ministers ,  most especially with Steve Webb. He has no blog and should run one …