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- 27/09/2011: Holidays have much in common with financial audits!
- 21/07/2011: The outlook is more encouraging from Kazakhstan!
- 28/06/2011: Pensions have a lot in common with kitchens!
- 25/05/2011: Not All Plain Sailing
- 07/04/2011: Now is the time for mortgage advice
- 29/03/2011: Budget proposals that affect financial planning
Totally Confused About Your Retirement?
I would like to say a personal ‘thank you’ to the small but growing number of followers to this blog. By way of a small reward I am going to let you have details of a new website (not ours) that I would rank as a must have on your favourites list for anyone who is interested in pensions, or rather anyone who should be interested in pensions but finds the subject confusing and boring to say the least.
The website is the brainchild of Steve Bee. If you are not sure who Steve Bee is then according to John Greenwood of financial journal, MoneyMarketing, he is “Arguably the most famous person in the pensions industry. He’s taken on the pensions minister, his legendary roadshows draw thousands and his thought leadership is second to none.” Steve Bee has been Head of Pensions at the mighty Pru and for the last 15 years he has been Head of Pensions Strategy at Scottish Life. I had the privilege of listening to him present an update on pensions and talking to him on a one-to-one basis last week at a conference because he has just joined Paradigm Partners LLP as Managing Director of a new company, Paradigm Pensions, in which we as a company are very interested.
If you, or any of your friends are likely to say “I’m totally confused about my retirement! If only I had a Pensions Guru to turn to ..” then you must visit and bookmark www.JargonFreePensions.co.uk.
This new website will also be a real blessing to any employer who is concerned about the fact that they will have to start auto enrolling their employees into the Government’s new NEST (National Employment Savings Trust) before too long, or an alternative QWPS (Qualifying Workplace Pension Scheme). Steve Bee can make this stuff understandable and even fun!
If you would like to discuss your pension benefits or review your pension funding please ask your usual Arch adviser, telephone 01483 204600 or email enquiries@arch-fp.co.uk. If you are not quite ready to have a conversation yet then please have a look at our own information-rich website www.arch-fp.co.uk.