We are so excited to launch our MemberZone for people who want to understand more about their NHS Pension(s), in response to the overwhelming need for accessible, explanatory information about the Schemes and how people can make better-informed decisions about their future. We realise that in a perfect world, this wouldn’t be necessary. But when […]
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Last summer we had become so frustrated that NHS workers were struggling to find up-to-date information on pensions that we decided to do something about it. So Laura set up a Facebook group. The intention was to provide a discussion forum, with free guidance on common issues. What followed took us by surprise. As of
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Part of what we do is preparing people for their retirement. To help people better understand how much they might need, we often refer to the PLSA Retirement Living Standards data. This is developed and maintained independently by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. The PLSA has today announced an update
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The Pengage team is delighted to have been asked to help Quilter in providing support to their advisors on public sector pensions. This will mainly be in the areas of pension taxation, the McCloud remedy and recent/upcoming scheme rule changes. The support will comprise technical guidance, pension modelling and projections. Quilter is a leading UK centric
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For members of the public sector pension schemes the McCloud judgment is something that many members have heard of. Not many, especially in the LGPS, know how it affects their pension benefits. Legal background The McCloud case was the legal challenge raised by Judge McCloud about how the new Career Average Revalued Earnings
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During 2023 the NHS Pension Scheme is introducing further flexible options in terms of accessing pension and continuing to work. We published a podcast about these changes in May 2023 and you can find it here. Within all the public sector pension schemes there are a number of options on flexible (sometimes referred to as
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The current economic crisis is affecting us all and we’re feeling the pinch. So it’s not surprising to hear that in recent months many more NHS staff have chosen to leave the NHS Pension Scheme, in a bid to stave off the negative effects of high inflation on their dwindling incomes. Unfortunately, doing so could
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Let’s talk about Death. This is Dying Matters Week. Its purpose is to encourage us all to talk a bit more openly about death, dying and grief. Not a happy subject. But one of my favourites to talk about when we start looking at financial planning and pensions. We don’t like to talk about it.
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As you know we are five this week. I’ve already blogged about why engaging on pensions is still relevant. This blog summarises how we got started. I’d never run a business before and never really had any particular desire to. I’d worked in the pensions sector since leaving school, had many technical and managerial roles
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We are five! I said to the squad that I would write a blog this week as we turn five on 4th May. I’m tremendously proud of who we are as a business and what we stand for. Pensions (and wider financial) engagement is very important to me. The success we’ve had over the last
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