The FT has reported this morning that: The pension deficit of FTSE 350 companies fell by a combined £8bn ($11bn) during 2017 thanks to rising
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Why can’t the Welsh government promote a rail electrification bond?
The Tories announced the scrapping of two major rail electrification schemes last week. One was the Midland main line. The other the Cardiff to Swansea
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The fundamental pension contract that should be at the heart of our macroeconomy
I was asked yesterday if I would write about pensions as part of the series of blogs I have done over the last few weeks
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Nothing would restore confidence in pensions more than people seeing their cash paying for the new hospital they’ll use in old age
The following article by me was published in the Observer on 14 July 2002. Not that much has changed since, and my sentiment remains largely
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To get young people to vote offer to write off student debt
I was discussing the political economy last night. This is not especially surprising: it is something I am inclined to do. It so happened that
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Sir Philip Green provides the clearest possible evidence of the benefits of a strong state
The FT has reported today that: The Pension Protection Fund is in talks with Sir Philip Green and British Home Stores that could see the
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George Osborne’s pension crisis in the making
This is from the Guardian this morning: More than 200,000 people have emptied their pension pot or withdrawn cash from it after the relaxation of
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Putting the fundamental pension contract at the heart of our macroeconomy
Yesterday’s stock market turmoil, whatever its long term impact, hints at a much bigger problem than a simple over valuation of Chinese shares needing adjustment.
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Holding pension funds to accounts
Four things have reminded me of a blog I wrote earlier this year in holding pension funds to account for the actions they take on
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