Gambling on growth, and the role of pensions
The chancellor is betting big that pension schemes will buy into the government’s plans to drive investment in UK economic growth.
Beyond the Budget: The government’s priorities for financial services
Away from the Budget Box, there’s no shortage of policy issues coming down the track for financial services firms to contend with.
“Brace for impact”: The four known unknowns on pensions
Politically, now’s the time to get the unpopular stuff out of the way. That definitely doesn’t bode well for pensions in the upcoming Budget.
The Top Class Wednesday Update elects to keep calm and carry on
Tom McPhail is in the Update Seat this week and gives his take on the recent election.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is foreseeing the future
Tom looks into what a Labour government might mean for financial services. He thinks they might start with appointing a shadow pensions minister…
Pensions, politics and priorities
Our Director of Public Affairs, Tom McPhail, reflects on the Autumn Statement and its headline proposal around the idea of a pension pot for life.
The Top Class Wednesday Update doesn’t do unsubstantiated attention seeking headlines
Tom McPhail takes us through the Mansion House Reforms and a blizzard of policy papers on pension schemes, retail disclosures and investment pathways.
The Top Class Wednesday Update’s second draft may say something completely different…
TCWU is mostly this week talking about pensions. But before we do, let us reflect ion the trials and tribulations of political party leadership.
I’m a Top Class Wednesday Update get me out of here
Mr Polson is away this week, having indulged his guitar-playing Mr Hyde persona and most excellently tearing up the PFS Conference. For anyone who got too close, counselling is available. I’ll come to the pensions in a minute. But in the week we celebrate both the dark and the supernatural (and for some reason, pumpkins), […]
How to survive Consumer Duty
Tom McPhail and Mike Barrett talk through the key issues from the 200-odd pages from the FCA’s Consumer Duty papers.
