All pension reform articles – Page 7
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OpinionShadow pensions minister: Building awareness v expensive publicity
From the blog: Since I became shadow pensions minister the three major issues on my desk every week are the pension freedoms, auto-enrolment and the new single-tier state pension.
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OpinionRaining blows
Editorial: You’ve probably seen it already. The broadside delivered to the Local Government Pension Scheme by the Centre for Policy Studies’ Michael Johnson, in a letter to the FT this week.
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OpinionIncentivising savings – or reducing tax reliefs?
The 'Strengthening the Incentive to Save' consultation, which ended in September, provoked a lot of discussion within the pensions and savings industry and stirred strong feelings.
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Opinion
Altmann: Government needs your help to revise charging model
Talking Head: As pensions minister, I am acutely conscious that the government can have an important role in encouraging people to plan for later and giving people the opportunity to maintain a decent standard of living in retirement.
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OpinionLords leaves Osborne stumped
Editorial: A Lord’s makeover is overdue and changes to the institution are in train, it was confirmed this week.
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OpinionWhy auto-enrolment must be our #1 priority
Talking Head: By the middle of 2018, more than 1.8m employers will have taken their business and their employees through the auto-enrolment process.
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OpinionMonstrous waste or gargantuan success?
Editorial: Nothing says workplace pensions like an oversized, multicoloured, Furby-type thing. I am, of course, talking about the mascot featured in the government’s latest advertising campaign on auto-enrolment.
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OpinionPension Wise weakness flags need for employers to step up
From the blog: The Work and Pensions Committee has rightly criticised Pension Wise this weekfor providing a service that is too impersonal and limited in scope.
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Opinion
Johnson: Pension ostriches need a shakeup
Letter: Robert Gardner’s excellent article 'Collective response to an unprecedented problem' screams 'unsustainable': something has got to give. The question is what?
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OpinionA real crowd PLSA
Editorial: The NAPF annual conference is the pinnacle of pensions jollies and the event this week had an added buzz in the air. While the industry still faces some uncertain times, it was enjoying what seemed to be a greater sense of stability in its own identity compared with this time last year.
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News
Fear of 'pensions implosion' raised as NAPF annual gathering kicks off
NAPF 2015: Delegates at the National Association of Pension Funds 2015 Annual Conference heard a tale of two halves from outgoing chair Ruston Smith in his opening address today.
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OpinionCollective response to an unprecedented problem
Talking Head: This week’s National Association of Pension Funds conference was a great opportunity for debate, the central question being: Can we use the energy of discussion to power a collective response to an unprecedented pensions crisis?
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Opinion
Webb: Why widening the AE net risks its delicate consensus
From the blog: There is currently a logical fallacy in the pensions world that runs like this: First, pensions are a Good Thing. Second, millions of people are excluded from auto-enrolment.
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News
Isa set-up fails to win over pensions crowd
The industry has broadly rejected a wholesale shift of the current pension tax system towards an Isa-style approach, but some have woven together several ideas in an attempt to better incentivise saving.
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Features
What prep have trustees made ahead of any tax changes?
Any Other Business: John McDonnell has laid bare his plans to end austerity and tackle the deficit by taxing the rich.
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Pension dashboard could 'fail in its objective'
Pension dashboards enabling savers to view their retirement assets in one place are set to become a reality, but commentators have questioned how they will be funded and some fear they could do “more harm than good”.
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OpinionMaxing the power of pensions message is well worth a try
Editorial: It's been a mammoth week for pubs since the Rugby World Cup kicked off to a great fanfare.
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NewsFreedom variability distorts member behaviour, FCA study shows
Data from the Financial Conduct Authority has shown drastic changes in how consumers access their pensions since the introduction of the flexibilities, though experts have said difficulty accessing some options may have skewed consumer choices.
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OpinionPut your pistol away
Editorial: Now that the rebel has a cause, and a mandate to fight for it, will Jeremy Corbyn's critics have a change of heart and get behind the new Labour leader?
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Opinion
PMI: Why government zeal on exit penalties is surprising
Talking Head: The Treasury issued a consultation in July to assess the impact of exit penalties on defined contribution members looking to exercise their decumulation options.