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Always a Pensions Angle
Rumours, Reversals… and a Really Big Budget
Season 1
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Welcome to Always a Pensions Angle – the podcast where Thomas Parker and Nick Reeve break down the biggest news stories of the day and uncover what they really mean for pensions.
In this first episode, they explore why the upcoming Budget has triggered so much speculation, diving into the political pressures, the rumours around income tax and National Insurance, and the growing debate over capping salary sacrifice. With clear, candid analysis, Tom and Nick highlight the key pension implications to watch as Budget day approaches.
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Always a Pensions Angle: Live from Edinburgh!
31:54|In this special edition of the Always a Pensions Angle podcast, Nick and Tom give us the lowdown on all the biggest stories to come out of the recent Pensions UK Investment Conference in Edinburgh.It's Still Not Your Money
33:17|Reform UK's sovereign wealth fund ambitions for the LGPS prompt a bigger question - does the outside world really understand what the scheme is and what it already does? That gets a proper airing, alongside some thorny questions about professional trustee appointments and a DWP consultation on governance. The Pension Schemes Bill is back too, naturally. Oh, and a trainee guide dog has thoughts on the mandation clause.LGPS Interviews Special: Clair Alcock
17:40|Welcome to the third of a special, five-part series Always a Pensions Angle is running in partnership with The Fiftyfaces Podcast. In this series, we will hear from five leading figures from across the LGPS ahead of March 31st.In this episode, The Fiftyfaces Podcast host Aoifinn Devitt sits down with Clair Alcock, Board Secretary of the LGPS Scheme Advisory BoardLGPS Interviews Special: Peter Wallach
18:04|Welcome to the second of a special, five-part series Always a Pensions Angle is running in partnership with The Fiftyfaces Podcast. In this series, we will hear from five leading figures from across the LGPS ahead of March 31st.In this episode, The Fiftyfaces Podcast host Aoifinn Devitt sits down with Merseyside Pension Fund's Director of Pensions Peter WallachWhose Job Is It Anyway? Pension regulation, market oversight, and the forgotten workforce
34:47|One of the pensions world's more stubborn headaches gets a proper airing - does it actually make sense to have both the FCA and TPR overseeing pensions? From there the conversation turns to a new global report and some uncomfortable questions about whether gig economy workers are being left behind on retirement saving. Oh, and two people who have clearly never considered the finer points of skeleton racing attempt to find a pensions angle from the sport. It goes about as well as you'd expect!LGPS Interviews Special: Trevor Castledine
19:56|Welcome to the first of a special, five-part series Always a Pensions Angle is running in partnership with The Fiftyfaces Podcast. In this series, we will hear from five leading figures from across the LGPS ahead of March 31st.In this first episode, The Fiftyfaces Podcast host Aoifinn Devitt sits down with LGPS Central's Chief Client and Advisory Officer Trevor Castledine.Pool Power, Pension Gaps, and Political Promises
33:03|Fresh from the LAPF Strategic Investment Forum (and a close encounter with aggressive geese), Tom explores LGPS governance challenges and the advice accountability dilemma. Nick tackles the gender pensions gap, trustee diversity initiatives, and why politicians paying lip service to pension campaigns always comes back to bite them.Probing Amendments and Panglossian Optimism
32:22|Nick reports from wet and windy Scotland (with trainee guide dog Jenny) as the duo dissect the Pension Schemes Bill's journey through the House of Lords. From LGPS forced consolidation powers to DB surplus negotiations and fiduciary duty debates - will the government's reassurances be enough? Pour a coffee and find out.New Year, Same Bill
32:00|Nick and Tom shake off the Christmas cobwebs as the Pension Schemes Bill faces serious Lords scrutiny. Plus: The LGPS grapples with Fit for the Future timescales, and we talk bulk annuities.