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PensionsWomble

  1. Congratulations to Electronic Arts who won Most effective pensions communications strategy at yesterday’s Employee Benefits awards.
  2. Good sessions at the PP Pensions Reform conference on Thursday. Neil Hawkins ran a session on how to reinvigorate your comms ahead of AE.
  3. Our employer survey is going out today to clients. Contact your FL consultant if you are an existing client & want to receive the survey.
  4. If you are like me and always need a quick reminder on the new tax rules, then click here: bit.ly/ICEtFO
  5. Good meeting with Steve Webb yesterday. Presented our research on how to encourage consumers to save into a pension scheme.
  6. We’ve launched our Auto-enrolment microsite as the six month countdown to Auto-enrolment begins. friendslife.co.uk/auto-enrolment
  7. Enjoyed presenting yesterday at the PMI seminar on the subject of data quality and usage in the DC world
  8. #budgetpensions Does 2m people taken out of paying tax mean 2m taken out of auto enrolment into pensions? Thresholds are currently linked.
  9. Abolition higher rate tax = short term gain but long term impacts for pensions savings #budgetpensions
  10. Abolition of higher rate tax would undermine pension saving, esp. when autoenrolment launch is imminent. Verdict: unlikely #budgetpensions
  11. I’m looking forward to presenting at the Westminster and City Wraps conference tomorrow: bit.ly/FO5moR
  12. @EmployeeBenefit #NEST contribution cap shouldn't be lifted until 2017 at earliest, especially given that staging dates have gone back.
  13. Surely wrong to review the contributions cap on #NEST before 2017, especially as staging dates have gone back.
  14. @PensionsMonkey Absolutely, we are. And congratulations to you too for being shortlisted!
  15. More fantastic news – shortlisted for two UK Pensions Awards. ukpensionsawards.com/static/shortli…
  16. Great news for Friends Life – third consecutive year of top ranking in Group Pensions in the F&TRC excellence ratings.
  17. Watch a video about Friends Life's Corporate Platform at bit.ly/xd5Oed
  18. I’m delighted to announce Friends Life launches its Corporate Platform bit.ly/yHjYNQ