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Bold defence of state funding for university study from
@yanisvaroufakis
- US student loans the new sub-prime
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Some of the UK's biggest and best known pension schemes and providers have joined forces to boost the nation’s understanding of their pensions via an engagement campaign planned for autumn/winter 2022
@BritishInsurers
@ThePLSA
@dwppressoffice
@GuyOpperman
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We are once again urging the nation to 'Pay Your Pension Some Attention', this time with the help of TV favourite
@TimmyMallett
.
@britishinsurers
@PensionAttn
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The stage is set and registration is open. We look forward to seeing you all today for day one of
#PLSAannual
.
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Standing room only to see more Q&A with
@yanisvaroufakis
in Academy Learning Hub
#PLSAinvest
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Are you saving enough for the retirement you want? Here’s a guide to understanding the cost of living at three different lifestyle levels.
#PictureYourFuture
#PLSAannual19
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This is the first time so many pension providers and schemes across the UK have united behind the same call to action - to boost
#PensionAttention
. We’re proud to be helping bringing this campaign to life
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That's the end of this year's
#PLSAannual19
! Thank you to all of our speakers & attendees. We hope you enjoyed the conference and will be back in 2020.
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This proposal is likely to result in a poorer retirement for those it is supposed to help. Dipping into pension savings to prop up housing supply crisis will inflate house prices in the short-term and reduce pension pots in the long-term.
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Retirees trying to achieve a Minimum Retirement Living Standard will have seen their expenditure increase over the last year by almost 20% due to high inflation, highlighting the need for pension reform to help more people achieve an adequate income in
#retirement
.
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Money Saving Expert
@MartinSLewis
says too many pension communications “are written in a buttock-clenching, self-protectionist way.” “Sell [savers] concept and the importance in good colloquial, communicative prose. Imagine people only have 5 min attention span!”
#PLSAannual20
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The PLSA Annual Conference 2023 has begun! The exhibition hall is filling up, and the first session is about to start. Be sure to view the programme on the PLSA app to determine which sessions are right for you.
#PLSA
#pensions
#PLSAannual23
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That's the end of this year's
#PLSAannual
! Thank you to all of our speakers and attendees. We hope you enjoyed the conference - safe travels!
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Tomorrow morning we’ll be launching our new report - Hitting the Target: A Vision For Retirement Income Adequacy - with recommendations to help savers get better outcomes in retirement. Read about our work so far here:
#HittingTheTarget
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We want to see 90% of active savers belonging to a pension scheme that uses the Retirement Living Standards in its member communications by 2025. One year after launch, we're well on our way!
#PLSAannual20
#pictureyourfuture
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It’s Pension Awareness Day on Friday (15 Sept) helping remind savers of the importance of
#pension
planning. In our
#HittingtheTarget
report we give our thoughts on how the industry and the Government can help savers
#PAD18
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We hosted the first meeting of our Pensions Dashboard Coordination Group this morning. Top item on the agenda was what the minimum viable product should look like.
@MoneyPensionsUK
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Congratulations to
@lv
for winning the Pensions Quality Mark Distinction Award for good communications.
#PLSAannual19
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Congratulations to Emma Douglas,
@ThePLSA
’s Policy Board Chair for winning Pensions Woman of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award at last night’s
@ProfPensions
#WomenInPensions
awards. Anna Copestake, Chair of our Legal Advisory Group won Lawyer of the Year!
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Our Retirement Living Standards are featuring in a Channel 5 documentary tonight. Tune in at 9:15pm to find out what happens when two families live on their projected retirement income.
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Well done to the
#conferencechallenge
teams! Brilliant ideas and brilliant people. & thanks to the team coaches
@stevewebb1
@greggmcclymont
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The PLSA can today reveal the updated Retirement Living Standards which show a shift in the public’s expectations of retirement, incorporating increases to the cost-of-living and changes to savers' priorities following the pandemic.
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Today we launch a new saver engagement campaign! 🚀
#PensionAttention
is about getting savers to connect – or reconnect – with their pension, to help them feel good about having one, and to show them how easy it is to keep track of it 📢
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Huge congratulations to our colleague Tiffany Tsang on being announced as a finalist in the Rising Star category of
@profpensions
#WomenInPensions
awards
@TSANGTT
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The report we launched today, A Changing Climate: How Pension Funds Can Invest For The Future, identifies solutions to the barriers that prevent pension funds from fully embracing climate-aware investment
#PLSAannual20
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Watch our Chair
@RButcherptl
discuss why trust is so important to the pensions industry and the initiatives The PLSA is working on to help institutions win the trust of savers.
#PLSAinvest19
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"Working with pension schemes, civil society and organisations like the PLSA, we can take control of our response to climate change and change our future."
@GuyOpperman
explains why the climate crisis should be the number one issue for every scheme
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The UK is already set to have one of the highest State Pension ages of any OECD country, and we believe raising it higher still would cause unacceptable detriment to people with lower than average life expectancy.
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Pension Awareness Day fact: 51% of people wrongly believe that the Government’s minimum automatic enrolment contribution rate is the recommended amount to save. To read more about this take a look at our
#HittingtheTarget
report
#PAD18
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It's
#PensionsAwarenessWeek
, so each day we'll tweet a
#pension
fact!
#Didyouknow
? By law, a pension used for
#AutomaticEnrolment
must involve contributions of at least 8% of a specific band of your salary, with employers required to provide at least 3%.
#PAW21
#PAD21
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Congrats to our very own DB and LGPS specialist
@TSANGTT
for making the list of people being considered for a Professional Pensions Rising Star Award!
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It's
#PensionsAwarenessWeek
, so each day we'll tweet a
#pension
fact!
#Didyouknow
? Most people in the UK who work, or undertake caring duties, will be eligible for a full
#StatePension
if they have worked & paid
#NIcontributions
or been a carer for 35 years.
#PAW21
#PAD21
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The PLSA's Retirement Living Standards are a good benchmark to start with for financial planning in your 30s, says
@thisismoney
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The PLSA's Annual Conference 2023 starts tomorrow. It's not too late to get tickets and join us at the UK's biggest pensions conference. Click the link and register now.
#PLSA
#pensions
#PLSAannual23
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We are supporting the new Rising Star Awards initiative with
@profpensions
. The nomination deadline is 8th November and you can nominate your pensions rising star here:
#PPrisingstar
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Our new ESG guide provides practical, step-by-step guidance to help trustees meaningfully consider, design and implement ESG and stewardship approaches. It uses myth-busters, case studies and questions that trustees can instantly use.
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The first meeting of the newly established Small Pots Co-ordination Group takes place today. Formed by the PLSA and
@BritishInsurers
, the group will direct work focusing on administration processes that will underpin a long-term consolidation model in the interests of savers.
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📢 We need the support of the pensions industry to help savers
#PayYourPensionSomeAttention
. Follow
@PensionAttn
to stay up to date with the campaign.
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The younger generation is making sustainable choices about how they eat, what they wear and where they travel; the next big choice will be about how their money is invested, says
@Tony_Burdon
@MMMoneyMatter
#PLSAannual20
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Huge congratulations to
@JohnEGreenwood
and
@Ben_Wilkinson_
on their
@Headlinemoney_
Pensions Journalist of the Year Awards and a Highly Commended for
@JosephineCumbo
#HMAwards20
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Unprecedented times call for panellists to join by video link but
#PLSAinvest20
session on investment risk goes ahead. Nice to see a different kind of speaker lounge in the background.
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Over three days a range of speakers, drawn from the pensions industry and the media discussed the most critical issues facing our sector at
#PLSAannual19
. Watch our conference round up here.
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It’s the final day of
#PLSAinvest19
and International Women’s Day. Take a look at the things the PLSA is doing to improve gender diversity.
#PLSAInvest19
#BalanceForBetter
#IWD19
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The PLSA comments on
#harryandmegan
... just kidding, here's a document on General Data Protection Regulation, enjoy!
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We have been appointed to a new Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures pensions industry working group.
@cfjescott
, Policy Lead for Investment and Stewardship will be our representative on the group.
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It’s International Women’s Day. At
#PLSAinvest19
we’ll be celebrating with sessions on culture change and videos on diversity & the investment industry.
#BalanceforBetter
#IWD2019
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Congratulations Caroline! 🎉
I won! Investment Woman of the Year (small/medium firms) at tonight's
@InvestmentWeek
#WomenInInvestment
Awards. Am deeply and entirely thrilled. Dedicated to my supportive colleagues at the
@theplsa
and my wonderful father.
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Director of Policy & Advocacy Nigel Peaple at Portcullis House in Westminster today to discuss pensions adequacy, levelling up automatic enrolment and helping everyone achieve a better income in retirement with
@RicHolden
MP
#pensionspolicy
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Welcome to Edinburgh! The doors are starting to open for our Investment Conference 2023. Emma Douglas shared her insights in an interview with Sharon Thomas - soon available on the PLSA app exclusively for
#PLSAinvest23
delegates.
#PLSA
#pensions
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It was standing room only in our Better Engagement session with
@GuyOpperman
. Simple statement, dashboard, Retirement Income Targets and reaching the self-employed just some of the fascinating issues covered.
#PLSAannual
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The PLSA’s Nigel Peaple was on
@BBCBreakfast
talking about Retirement Living Standards. Watch our live web stream at 9am to see the launch of the standards and find out more.
#PLSAannual19
#PictureYourFuture
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The Pensions Dashboard will be an essential tool to help savers plan their retirement income and we’re pleased that steps are being taken by the Government to support the project and the PLSA is eager to work with the industry to make a success of this project.
#Budget2018
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Will most people be cooking for themselves or going to restaurants regularly when they retire? Our Retirement Living Standards will empower people to better understand how much the lifestyle they want will cost in retirement.
#PictureYourFuture
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.
@jwalshPLSA
was on Radio 4’s
@moneybox
on Saturday morning discussing Brexit and pensions. Catch up with what he had to say - his interview starts at 14:10.
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Up next, Effective Engagement in Practice. Can communications consultants win over our dragons with their strategies to engage
#pension
scheme members?
#PLSAannual
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Early morning wake-up call for our annual
#PLSAinvest2023
runners - as they scaled Calton Hill, Edinburgh before they even had their breakfast. Just look at that view!
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Just arrived in Manchester for the PLSA Annual Conference 2023. It's time for three days of insights and discovery. Click the link to view the full programme
#PLSA
#pensions
#PLSAannual23
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Did you miss the new
#Pensions
minister
@alexburghart
speak yesterday at
#PLSAannual22
?
"We have to have pensions that deliver for people who saved into them, but it would be wonderful if we also had pensions that will benefit the UK PLC. That would be a massive win/win.”
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Announcing our innovative Retirement Living Standards will be launched at
#PLSAannual19
in Manchester on Thurs 17 October. Get in touch to find out how to be involved or read more here
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Our Chair,
@RButcherptl
is opening
#PLSAInvest19
with a speech that highlights the importance of growing trust within the pensions sector in these uncertain geopolitical and economic times and how we have the opportunity to enhance the sector’s relationship with savers.
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Well done to all the early birds who took part in the PLSA Annual Conference morning run. Thank you to all who made it a great success.
#PLSAannual23
#PLSA
#pensions
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“The PLSA is deeply disappointed the Government has decided to apply, at short notice, a 10% increase to the General Levy pensions schemes pay to fund the sector’s arms-length supervisory bodies."
Read our full statement here.
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The wonderful view from the PLSA office earlier today, we hope everyone's keeping warm!
#londonsnow
#snowday2018
Photo credit to
@Stevebox500
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What a great way to show the people behind the pensions industry 👏👏 We're bringing out cats and dogs to all our Teams meetings 😹🐶
A little bit of light-hearted relief... Self-isolating pension professionals and their pets:
@hymansrobertson
@EveK1979
@PensionsDave
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“Pension schemes of all shapes and sizes need to be nurtured to ensure they can supply security for millions of people,”
@RButcherptl
reflects on his time as
@ThePLSA
Chair with a very personal story about the value of a pension and how it motivates him in his work.
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Some 14.4 million savers – including over 10 million active savers – will have access to the
#RetirementLivingStandards
following their adoption by 53 organisations including 30 pension schemes, 17 pension business adopters and six other bodies.
#PictureYourFuture
#retirement
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We have a new speaker confirmed for
#PLSAannual19
-
@bbclaurak
The conference programme will concentrate on four key streams in DB, DC, New Horizons and newly added for 2019, Engagement Tech. Find out more and book your place here
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Our new
#HittingTheTarget
report reveals 80% aren’t confident they’re saving enough for retirement, equating to 30.4 million working age people. Find out more here:
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Climate change is now at the top of the ESG agenda. In the latest issue of Viewpoint
@cfjescott
reports on what this means for pension schemes.
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“By any measure, automatic enrolment has had a huge impact in improving the number of people saving into a workplace pension,” behavioural economist
@TimHarford
told
#PLSAinvest22
. “But nudging is not a ‘one weird trick’ solution to every difficult public policy question.”
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It’s International Women’s Day. At the PLSA women make up 50% of our senior leadership team and 59% of our Policy Board.
#PLSAinvest19
#BalanceForBetter
#IWD2019
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Good luck to
@TsangTT
,
@BouldenKate
,
@CFJEscott
and Alison Hatcher who are all finalists at tonight’s
@ProfPensions
Rising Star Awards!
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Only seven days to go until our Investment Conference begins. Register now to network with respected individuals from across the sector and hear from over 70 speakers. Click the link to find out more!
#ANewBoost
#PLSA
#PLSAinvest22
#pensionstogether
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The PLSA’s Nigel Peaple will explain what the pensions industry is doing to help close the pensions savings gap on
#ITVTonight
at 7:30.
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The registration desk is ready. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow for day one of
#PLSAinvest19
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Set foot in Liverpool today and we're ready for the
@ThePLSA
Annual Conference. We're excited to see you all over the next two days for insightful sessions from esteemed speakers. Click the link now.
#PLSA
#pensions
#pensionstogether
#PLSAannual22
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Day 1 of your
#Pension
#AdventCalendar
#Mythbuster
. Employers can’t talk about the workplace pension
Employers can present basic facts about their pension scheme and provide details about employer and employee contribution levels.
#PensionFacts
#Christmas
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That's the end of this year's
#PLSAannual
! Thank you to all of our speakers & attendees. We hope you enjoyed the conference - safe travels!
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The first time a Knight of the Realm has won an award at
#Headline18
! Huge congratulations to
@stevewebb1
on winning expert of the year at the Headline Money Awards
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Nigel Peaple - "We consider the provision of default decumulation pathways a key component in the success of the PLSA’s mission to help everyone achieve a better income in retirement." Read the full article in
@pensions_expert
here:
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Thank you to everyone who attended our Investment Conference last week. We had a great time at the conference with you all. We hope you had a great time too!
#PLSAinvest22
#pensionstogether
#ANewBoost
#PLSA
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The PLSA and the Investor Forum have today published a practical and accessible toolkit to help
#pension
schemes assess the effectiveness of their asset managers’ delivery of
#stewardship
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