Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute https://xitter.cf/t.co/HLDiGxBGYQ Pension committee member representative. Formerly #FT pensions correspondent. Own views.
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Josephine Cumbo retweeted
You can’t leave a pension in your will. You need to tell the pension provider or trustees who you want the money to go to if you die, it’s done via a nomination form or expression of wishes form. Make sure yours is done and up to date. Clip courtesy of @thismorning
Josephine Cumbo retweeted
An amazing video of Dolly Parton singing one of her most famous songs in Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Ventry Co. Kerry 🇮🇪 in 1990
How did Páidí pull that coup off
#RIPDolly
Two years on from the stress of A-Levels 2024 pleased to report son doing well. He’s moving into year 3 general engineering at Sheffield, and just accepted into Masters to specialise in electrical engineering. It worked out in the end!
Josephine Cumbo retweeted
When will Andy Burnham tackle the 'cost of working crisis'? Currently #1 most read story on the @FinancialTimes website - this link is free for the first 300 clicks. End the marginal rate madness! as.ft.com/r/24f9cb26-e87f-44…
Hundreds settle with HMRC as crypto tax crackdown continues ft.com/content/bfc7b491-e553… via @ft
OpenAI admits an AI ‘agent’ caused a major cyber breach by itself ft.com/content/9db74b25-45ad… via @ft
Josephine Cumbo retweeted
It gets sillier. The VAT cut is only scheduled to last (and costed) for six months, though it will be hard to put back once taken away. But the much quoted (and exaggerated) £45 saving is over a year! In fact as promised and paid for it will in fact only last for six months
Private sector defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes can play an important role in supporting long-term prosperity for everyone says the UK Pension Regulator in its new Corporate Stratey. What is less clear, however, is the trade-off involved 1/
Directing more DC assets towards UK "productive finance" may come at a cost to retirement savers in terms of risk, returns or retirement outcomes. That raises an important question of fairness, especially if the heavy-lifting falls to low-income, debt-laden younger savers 2/
With a hosepipe ban coming into force in our area on July 17 because the water supply is already under pressure, MPs need to explain how thousands of additional homes can be justified without first ensuring there is sufficient water infrastructure to support them.
Josephine Cumbo retweeted
Tom McPhail in conversation with Jo Cumbo henrytapper.com/2026/07/10/t… You are cordially invited to attend our next Coffee Morning in which industry guru, @PensionsMonkey , will be in conversation with @JosephineCumbo winding up at the @ftlive .
After more than 27 wonderful years at the Financial Times, I’ll be leaving at the end of the month and heading off on some new global adventures.
It’s been an extraordinary journey — from covering financial crises, pandemics, wars and, of course, multiple #pension reforms ! 1/
I’ve had the privilege of working alongside brilliant colleagues, meeting fascinating people & reporting on events that have shaped the world around us. The next chapter is an exciting one. I’ll be writing a book, alongside a few other projects — details to follow! 2/
It has been an amazing time, and I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who has been part of the journey! From next month, you can reach me here, on Linkedin or at [email protected] Onward! #newauthor #journalism #newchapter 3/3
HMRC’s clampdown on the corporate structure that saves City firms millions ft.com/content/796ac0bc-cc37… via @ft
BT’s pension fund lost £300mn on Thames Water ft.com/content/078d7695-15d4… via @ft
Josephine Cumbo retweeted
Train lines blocked after incident between Luton and Bedford bbc.in/4vUjAQv
BlackRock private credit fund honours less than 40% of redemption requests ft.com/content/65adec62-3505… via @ft
Not letting job candidates know they weren’t successful is poor practice and genuinely demoralising, especially for young jobseekers. Even with high application volumes, a basic outcome update should be a minimum standard. ft.com/content/2af109d0-56b7…
