Latest articles from Louise Farrand

Three solutions to the nation’s savings crisis

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Three new studies offer policy solutions to the savings emergency

Movers and shakers w/e 16 June 2023

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This week's people on the move, are...

IFoA comes under fire for election delay

Voting

Candidates voice "deep concerns" about the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' decision to suspend council elections

Further delays to the General Code

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The General Code has not been laid in Parliament, creating uncertainty for trustees

Government committee inquiry issues damning verdict on how AEAT pensioners were treated

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AEAT members needed much more help to make complex financial decisions, finds new report

The pensions time bomb

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Young people want to understand pensions and start saving earlier according to new research by NOW: Pensions and the charity Debate Mate.

Time to address the next savings hurdle

Louise Farrand

From the blog: Heralded as a "tremendous success" by the Work and Pensions Committee in its May report, it’s true that auto-enrolment has opened up retirement saving.

 

Yet getting more people saving does not mean they will understand what they’re putting money into, or that their faith in the pensions system will increase.

 

Most worryingly, stark disparities persist between the well-off and the lower paid when it comes to understanding pensions.

 

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The shape of things to come: Could robo-advice transform pensions?

Robo-advice has been on everyone's lips ever since the government unveiled freedom and choice, but the idea of relying on a computer to guide important financial decisions has not convinced everyone in the pensions industry.

Three complex investment issues demystified

PLSA Investment Conference 2016: Three pension professionals were each tasked with explaining a complex investment issue in five minutes, demonstrating how things like good value, credit or Brexit can be explained to members.