BoE under pressure over pensions ‘time-bomb’
Ros is quoted in the Financial Times about pension funds use of LDI strategies and the dangers of assuming gilts and bonds were low risk or risk-free. QE has undermined risk metrics.
PM’s committed to the triple lock Kwarteng tells fearful pensioners
Ros was quoted in and wrote a Comment piece for the Daily Express welcoming the chancellor’s announcement that the state pension triple lock would be reinstated this year and also urging that the poorest pensioners also need the same protection for their Pension Credit.
Defined contribution pension schemes are the ones that will be hit hardest by this economic crisis
Ros wrote a comment article for inews explaining why the Bank of England had to intervene in the gilt market and that rising gilt yields can pose problems for both DB and especially DC schemes.
State pension: How much pensioners will get in April after Liz Truss confirms triple lock will stay in place
Ros is quoted in inews from her BBC Radio4 Today programme interview, explaining why it is impossible to justify not uprating state pensions in line with inflation during a cost of living crisis and urging the Government to end the on-off uncertainty worrying so many elderly people.
Pension credit threat as DWP benefit may not rise by inflation – ‘shortchanged in April’
Ros is quoted in the Daily Express warning that Government must not short-change the poorest pensioners and should ensure they receive the full cpi rise for Pension Credit this year, after having their earnings link stripped away last year.
Were you a stay at home mum in the 1980s or 90s? You could be owed £80,000 in unclaimed state pension payouts – here’s how to check
Ros is quoted by ThisIsMoney lamenting the fact that it is so often women who fall through the cracks in pension policy and receive less state pension than they should, as well as being at risk of lower private pension. ( link to pdf )
State pension could hit £10,880 a year if inflation keeps surging – but will the Government keep its triple lock promise this time?
Ros was quoted in ThisIsMoney calling on the Government to ensure it does not betray pensioners again in 2023, after short-changing them in 2022 as inflation soared.
Civil servants to enjoy bumper pensions while other workers’ payouts are capped
Ros was quoted in the Daily Telegraph explaining how valuable public sector pensions are and the differential between limited price indexation for private sector pensions, while unfunded public sector schemes give uncapped protection – however high cpi goes, pensions rise the same amount.
Civil servants to enjoy bumper pensions while other workers’ payouts are capped
Ros is quoted in the Daily Telegraph explaining that public sector workers’ pensions will be fully inflation protected through the current inflation crisis, but private sector workers have little or no protection to cope with such high inflation rates.
Controversial Buyback Bonanza Looms as UK Rewrites Insurer Rules
Ros was quoted by Bloomberg calling on Government to reform Solvency II rules, but also to ensure the greater capital freedoms do not just pave the way for shareholder bonuses and are used to boost growth.