Online Retirement Calculators
Today’s post is about online retirement calculators and how the results they produce vary because of the different assumptions underlying them.
Category: Pensions
NEST vs The People’s Pension
Today’s post looks at a report from Defaqto on Workplace Pensions. We’re particularly interested in two of them – it’s NEST vs The People’s Pension.
How the UK Saves – NEST Workplace Pension
Today’s post looks at a recent report from NEST the workplace pension provider, and Vanguard. It’s called How the UK Saves but it’s really about the NEST Workplace Pension.
Lack of Defined Ambition – CDC Pensions
Today’s post is about CDC Pensions (formerly known as Defined Ambition schemes), which have been in the news on the back of a new Parliamentary Inquiry.
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.
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.
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?
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...
