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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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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We recently worked with Viridian FX, who specialise in creating high-end visual effects for film and television. Their people are typically ambitious, younger and creative. Viridian FX approached us to ask us to help with educating their people to manage their money better. What we didWe researched them as a business and spent some considerable
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You may be aware that this is Pensions Awareness Week. A good idea. So good that the clever people at Pension Geeks who started it all off have been acquired by pensions industry heavyweights Aegon. But is awareness enough or even the right phraseology? This is more than just semantics. The implication is that making
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I enjoy reading ‘on this day in history’ type stories on Twitter. Today two caught my attention. It was on this day in 1850 that Robert McClure left England on an expedition that led to him becoming the first to confirm and transit the Northwest Passage. This is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean,
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A major energy services provider wanted to ensure that their people understood the financial challenges they face, in lockdown and beyond. The workforce is typically highly educated but with varying levels of pensions knowledge. We worked closely with them to identify the kind of financial questions their people needed help addressing. We then developed a
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