Ros Altmann

Ros Altmann warns of UK pensions ‘liquidity trap’ amid private credit squeeze  fnlondon.com/articles/ros-a… via @FinancialNews

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Peers vote to scrap mandation power from Pension Schemes Bill pensions-expert.com/investment/pee…

The Government must not be given powers to micro-manage pension scheme investments. Incentivising investment in UK growth assets makes sense, but forcing schemes into high-risk private unlisted assets is a step too far. Read my blog: pensionsandsavings.com/pension-scheme…

The vote is tomorrow, Thursday 19 March. @UKhouseoflords will try to prevent the Government from granting itself powers to dictate investment in high risk assets for UK pension funds. This is a dangerous precedent thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions…

House of Lords seeks radical reforms to salary sacrifice curbs with new £5,000 limit via @@corpadviser corporate-adviser.com/house-of-lords…

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Government looks to assuage pensions industry concerns over PSB investment powers pensionsage.com/pa/Government-…

Government can't be trusted to dictate your pension investments - my latest article in Daily Mail's #thisismoney ROS ALTMANN: Government is seizing 'Henry VIII' powers over pensions thismon.ee/a/15633071 via @ThisIsMoney

The Pension Schemes Bill contains dangerous measures that would force pension funds to invest according to Ministerial diktats. The House of Lords will try to throw these measures out next week, they are potentially really dangerous. Read my blog. pensionsandsavings.com/pension-scheme…

Govt lost all 5 votes in @UKHouseofLords today on its proposals to cap #pension #salarysacrifice contributions to £2000. The Bill is seriously flawed, premature and will damage pensions, lower take-home pay, raise employer costs and hits lower earners! inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

The Pensions Salary Sacrifice Bill @UKhouseoflords Report STage and votes today. The Bill really should be put on hold, so Govt can work out what it is doing and avoid foreseeable harm to basic rate taxpayers, employers and pensions inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Stronger safeguards are needed in Pension Schemes Bill for small pension pots. Read my blog post - pensionsandsavings.com/small-pots-str…

Ros Altmann urges gov to 'press pause' on 'rushed' salary sacrifice cap professionalpensions.com/4526339/ via @profpensions

The Government has rushed through its Bill to cap salary sacrificed pension contributions, but it is clear that the legislation is premature - there are so many basic unanswered questions. Read my thoughts on this. pensionsandsavings.com/salary-sacrifi…

The USS Gerald R. Ford is not parked near Iran. It is parked off Israel. And nobody is asking the only question that matters: why. The $13.3 billion crown jewel of the US Navy, the largest warship ever constructed, just positioned itself off Haifa. Not in the Arabian Sea where the Lincoln sits 850 kilometers from Iranian shores loaded for offensive operations. Not in the Gulf where strike range is optimal. Off Israel. Defending Israel. This is not redundancy. This is architecture. Two carriers. Two missions. Two entirely different strategic functions. The Lincoln is the sword, positioned to launch strike packages into Iranian airspace within hours of an order. The Ford is the shield, its Aegis missile defense systems creating an umbrella over Israeli population centers against the retaliation that follows the first Tomahawk. America just split its carrier doctrine into offense and defense simultaneously. That has not happened since the Pacific theater in 1945. But the positioning reveals something deeper than tactics. When Iran retaliates, and every wargame says Iran retaliates, its missiles and drones fly toward Israel. They will fly through the same airspace where a US carrier strike group is now stationed. Every Iranian missile aimed at Tel Aviv or Haifa must traverse the Ford’s defensive envelope. Shooting at Israel means shooting at, around, and through an American carrier group. Iran cannot retaliate against Israel without engaging American naval assets. The Ford’s position makes that physically impossible. The carrier is not defending Israel as a favor. It is positioned so that any Iranian response to American strikes automatically becomes an attack on American forces, triggering the full unrestrained weight of US military response without a single additional political decision required. This is escalation insurance written in steel and seawater. If the campaign goes longer than planned, if munitions run thin in 7 to 10 days, if allies hesitate, the Ford’s position ensures that Iranian retaliation does the political work Washington cannot do alone: it transforms a limited American strike into an act of self-defense that no ally can refuse to support. You do not park a $13.3 billion carrier where the enemy’s return fire will hit it unless you want the enemy’s return fire to hit it. The Ford is not there to prevent escalation. The Ford is there to guarantee that if escalation comes, it comes on terms that make American restraint politically impossible and allied participation politically unavoidable.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

Govt urged to include investment companies in Pension Schemes Bill pensionsage.com/pa/Govt-urged-…

this makes no sense for members of #pensionschemes -reduces trustee choice for no good reason. #investmenttrusts are ready made portfolios for real assets Pension Schemes Bill: Government on verge of scoring “own goal” by excluding investment companies ifamagazine.com/pension-scheme…