12 reasons why raising State Pension Age to 71 should be unconscionable
Read this on my blog.
My comments on new DB Funding Code for occupational pensions
Here are my thoughts on the DWP’s proposals to reform the funding of Defined Benefit pension schemes. Thank goodness they have revised the old idea of just driving schemes to minimise risk, rather than using their assets to diversify into higher growth and higher expected return investments too. Read my blog.
State pension top-ups chaos: Huge sums vanish into DWP and HMRC ‘black hole’
Ros is quoted by ThisIsMoney and Daily Mail explaining that the complexity of the State Pension system and inter-dependence with HMTreasury, has caused delays in registering top-up payments and the DWP is trying to clear the backlog. ( link to pdf )
State pension warning as triple lock ‘cannot last forever’ – what follows will be worse
Ros is quoted in the Daily Express about the flaws in keeping the state pension triple lock for too long, given its inequalities. ( link to pdf )
Can the triple lock survive the election? Rishi and Keir play poker over the future of the state pension
Ros is quoted in an article by ThisIsMoney exploring the future of the State Pension Triple lock after the next election.
State pension increase of 8.5% will be greeted with relief, say experts
Ros is quoted in the Independent, welcoming news that the Chancellor will not break the State Pension triple lock earnings link for 2024.
Britain’s pension system was once the envy of the world – now it can be again
Ros wrote a comment piece for inews about the Autumn Statement 2023, recommending greater use of pension assets to revive both pensions and the economy.
Britain’s pension system was once the envy of the world – now it can be again
Ros wrote a comment piece for inews about the Autumn Statement 2023, recommending greater use of pension assets to revive both pensions and the economy.
Ros Altmann: Stop subsidising overseas growth with taxpayer money
Ros is interviewed for a feature article by FT Adviser and she calls for more use of pension assets to boost British growth. ( link to pdf )
State Pension ‘must rise to 75’ in huge financial warning
Ros is quoted in the Daily Express labelling suggestions of a state pension age of 75 as chilling and immoral – this would consign the poorest and least healthy to poverty and deny many of them a pension. ( link to pdf )