Transfers into NEST – now looking good
Today’s post is an update on NEST, the government’s workplace pension provider. After an announcement earlier this month that transfers into NEST would be allowed, suddenly NEST looks interesting.
Category: Decumulation
State Pension Is Unfit For Purpose – CPS
Today’s post is about a report from the Centre for Policy Studies, which claims that the State Pension scheme is unfit for purpose.
Pension Deficits 4 – The Story In Pictures
Today’s post is the fourth in what was planned to be a three-part series about Pension Deficits.
Pension Deficits 3 – Milking and Dumping
This is the third article in our current series on company pension deficits. Today we’re going to look at the tricks used by companies to exploit surpluses and shed deficits.
Income Strategies – Measuring Retirement Success
Today’s post is about income strategies in retirement. How do you measure the best outcome? What is Retirement Success?
Moving into Pension Drawdown – Happy Birthday to Me!
It’s my 55th birthday, so I take a look at the Pension Drawdown options offered by my existing providers – Fidelity, HL and AJ Bell YouInvest. Who is best?
Sequencing risk in accumulation – who ate Joe’s pension?
We look at a white paper from GMO, which analyses sequencing risk during the accumulation phase and recommends dynamic asset allocation.
Company Pension Deficits
We take a look at Company Pension Deficits, and why they are proving so difficult to pay down.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow – More Industry Spin
We look at a recent report from the insurance industry which uses straw men and dubious assumptions to push the idea that annuities are still a good thing.
Economics Manifesto – New Savings Culture
We look at the Economics Manifesto from Policy Exchange. Will its proposals lead to a new savings culture in Britain, or is there an elephant in the room?
The Banker and the Fisherman
Today’s post is about the parable of the banker and the fisherman. The banker and the fisherman I’m sure many of you will have come across this story before. This is…
Are Pensions Finished?
Today’s post is about a paper from Michael Johnston of the Centre for Policy Studies. The paper calls for additional protections for savers in the light of the upcoming pension…
