Green Gilts

By Carl Stanford at BWCI “the UK is ranked in the top three national issuers of green bonds” What are Green Gilts? “Green gilts”, a new classification of UK government bonds (“gilts”) were launched towards the end of 2021. This latest form of government...

Climate change investment for pensions… Implementation

By Mark Colton at BWCI “This measure can be used for asset classes other than equities” My previous article, in the last edition of Bandwagon, set out the case for taking investment action in the face of climate change. However it was silent on...

Secondary Pensions – What’s the latest?

Secondary Pensions ‘What’s the latest?’ PDF Article By Mike Freer at BWCI “now less clarity around the launch date” In a nutshell Subject to approval of the policy letter and final legislation by the States of Guernsey, every employer...

I’m young, why do I need a pension?

The ‘live now, save later’ mantra that all generations go through in their 20s and early 30s may be running out of steam. The fact is that most of the world’s western governments cannot afford to keep paying pensions at their current levels, so counting on our States...

BWCI Secondary Pensions Seminars

SECONDARY PENSIONS ARE ON THEIR WAY!!   BWCI are holding seminars on the 27th and 28th April to help you find out what your business should do.   Register here www.bwcigroup.com/tellmemore to confirm your place. You can also e-mail events@bwcigroup.com or telephone...

Secondary pensions announcement

The BWCI Group are pleased that the Committee for Employment & Social Security has submitted a Policy Letter outlining further details of the introduction of secondary pension system including Your Island Pension (YIP), the government-facilitated secondary...