Tuesday 22 May 2012

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Should the government commit to a ten year moratorium on key pension rule changes?:

Communications

Jargon damages your wealth, says Nest

In the year that millions will start saving for their retirement for the first time, research by Nest shows that very few people think pensions are ‘straightforward’ (6%), ‘easy to understand’ (4%), ‘simple’ (3%), ‘interesting’ (5%) or ‘engaging...
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COMMUNICATIONS Solutions to hand

Social media and smartphones can breathe new life into existing ways of communicating pensions information explains Jonahtan Clark, RPMI

In what feels like a “blink and you have missed it” moment, the internet has evolved again. Social media and, more importantly, the arrival of truly mobile internet in the palm of your hand via smartphones have fundamentally shifted the way in which we consume information, learn from...
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BEGINNERS' PAGE Getting the message

Five things you really should know about e-communication from Richard Ascough, Capita Hartshead

A little noticed amendment to the Occupational, Personal and Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulation 2010, issued by the Department for Work and Pensions in December 2010, for the first time gives pension scheme managers the green light to use electronic communication methods as the primary tool...
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60% of private sector staff do not have a workplace pension

A third of people with a workplace pension do not know how much their employer is paying into it, research published today shows.   The Attitudes to Pensions survey, conducted on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), suggests that people have a lack of knowledge about their...
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