I wrote most of what follows on the need for massive accounting reform in the pensions industry to make this sector accountable to those who
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Making Pensions Work – my 2010 epistle on the issue deserves another outing
There are a lot of people asking me what I would do about pensions today. So here form 2010 is my answer: Finance for the
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Pension inequality: why do we subsidise the savings of the rich so much more than those of everybody else?
The TUC was one of the sponsors of a new report on pensions out this week. I need to give this issue some more attention
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Pension deficits are an issue but the real problem is the deficit of thinking about what pensions funds do
As the FT notes this morning: UK companies reporting annual results for the year to March are expected to report an increase of more than
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Looking forward to the stock market crash that is coming our way soon
In April 2008 I wrote a blog with the title ‘FTSE at 6,000 – is this madness’. It was, of course. I was right. This
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The time for pension funds to invest directly in regeneration and housing has arrived
A magazine called New Start has featured the following statement this week: A housing scheme in Manchester is the latest development to fuel debate over the use of council
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Become a Workplace Responsible Investment Champion
I’m not involved in this, but it looks good, and so I thought I’d give it a mention. I like FairPensions as an organisation. TRAINING
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Why our pension schemes and arrangements do not work
I note there are those griping on this blog and elsewhere that any change in pension rules by the government will make pensions even less affordable than now and undermine the credibility of
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Pension funds: it’s time they were accountable to their members, so here’s how to do it
A commentator on this blog this morning has made an excellent point on pensions: It used to be the case that most employers’ pension schemes
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