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henry tapper
The pension Martin Lewis?
51 years old , twice married, one son. Cambridge Graduate , Icelandic fisherman, failed management consultant. Rugby player, oarsman and double bassist.
Tries most things once- usually badly
Blogroll
- Brilliant pension report from Raconteur
- Brilliant pensions website
- Bryanston School Alumni
- Chateau d'Oigny
- Guido Fawkes' political blog
- Inspirational blog from 21C actuary
- my linked in site
- Oliver Tapper's blog
- Pension Playpen
- Reasonable Force- should pensions be compulsory
- The Pension Play Pen
- Yeovil Town FC
boat builder
Chateaux in Piedmont
EU Solvency II
Yeovil Town
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the pension plowman
- RT @ProfCaryCooper: Hadn't realised that with 40 months of decline in real wages this is the longest period of such decline since 1870! htt…thanks 7 hours ago
- RT @blackbullion: Was great to spend the day with @NAPFnews SE and the ubiquitous @henryhtapper at the gorgeous Leeds castle #moneysmarterthanks 8 hours ago
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapper ▸ Top stories today via @pensionsweek @atheistactuary @henryhtapperthanks 14 hours ago
- RT @SReeder01: @AdviserLounge @rosaltmann @henryhtapper @PensionsGuru @PensionsMonkey Heres another idea "Facebook Welfare" http://t.co/WNU…thanks 15 hours ago
- @Totalrhubarb Read it earlier. Good article.thanks 18 hours ago
- "@Totalrhubarb: Are you getting a fair fx? Fix it or let them fix it against you. Great wire article wire.russell.com/2013/06/18/fix…" #pensionsthanks 18 hours ago
- We're on the road (to somewhere) lnkd.in/B9jx4Ythanks 19 hours ago
- We're on the road (to somewhere) wp.me/ppXQz-2Rbthanks 19 hours ago
- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper Well thank you Henry. I thought it was pretty cute when I penned it...thanks 1 day ago
- @PensionsGuru Deffo better than J Bitumenthanks 1 day ago
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- We're on the road (to somewhere)
- If I were Steve Webb..
- Will no one rid me of this troublesome press? Mr Godfrey defends "Corporate Access".
- Shows what the little man can do
- In a muddle about investment management fees
- Pensions personality - the oxymoron is back!
- Diversification and speculation are different.
- Not what's in the pot but what it buys - Pension RTI
- A message to 1.2m employers who aren't reading (yet)!
- All you never wanted to know about that Pension PlayPen GPP
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- Brilliant pension report from Raconteur
- Brilliant pensions website
- Bryanston School Alumni
- Chateau d'Oigny
- Guido Fawkes' political blog
- Inspirational blog from 21C actuary
- my linked in site
- Oliver Tapper's blog
- Pension Playpen
- Reasonable Force- should pensions be compulsory
- The Pension Play Pen
- Yeovil Town FC
NAPF Presentation on “at retirment options”
DB de-risking presntation (ppt)
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
A declaration of belligerence
Today (3oth June) is strike day. It is a general strike by a proportion of society that has seen total personal reward for its labours massively increase over the past fifteen years. The people who will be suffering are members of the … Continue reading
Culling seals
I have a new phrase in my vocabulary which relates to the activities of financial institutions that take advantage of the inertia of customers. I cannot tell you about the context in which I learned about this phrase as I am … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen
Tagged Chatham House, Chatham House Rule, corporate risk, Culling, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Financial services, Insurance, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pensions, Politics, Seal hunting
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Paul Bradshaw – champagne please!
Paul Bradshaw – the man behind Skandia and latterly Nucleus, Annuity Direct and a number of similar advisory ventures is a canny man- it was not for nothing that he offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could truly claim to offer independent … Continue reading
Posted in mallowstreet, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Champagne, Chardonnay, France, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, linked in, mallowstreet, Martyn Lewis, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Pinot noir, Skandia
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So you think twitter’s a waste of time?
It’s irksome to those who use twitter to be told by those who don’t that they are wasting their time. I am sure a lot of people waste their time on twitter but they are probably the sort of people … Continue reading
Worrying times for NEST
find them a proper job Continue reading
“Buying a Retirement Income” from an RIP
I’m sure the panelled annuitants or Retirement Income Providers (hereafter known as RIPs) are feeling pretty comfortable about life this morning.
Posted in annuity, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Aviva, Business, Insurance, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pensions, pensions, Personal Accounts, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Scheme, Tom McPhail, Zurich
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Unavoidable, necessary and futile – the fight for public sector pensions
Because the unions only speak for those they define as their own – they do not speak for me – nor I for them. Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, Liberal Democrats, NEST, Nick Clegg, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Bryn Davies, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, dc pensions, Dorset, Dorset County Council, Economics, John Denham, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party of Canada, Methodism, NEST, Nick Clegg, Pension new, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Tony Benn, Trade union
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He saw you coming! – consumer DNA
Man walks into a bar, barman says Your usual Sir? How do you know what’s my usual – I’ve never been in here before? Cloud Sir What you … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen
Tagged Base pair, Business, Competence (biology), DNA, Food, music, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Recreation, Sensitivity and specificity, Shopping, Society
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Kids stuff – what HR and Pension people can learn from Generation C
We will be competing for their interest with a whole bunch of others trying to get some space on their cloud. Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Booz & Company, Cyberbury, dc pensions, de-risking, Digital native, Economics, Employment, Facebook, Gospel of Matthew, Human Resources, Instant messaging, IPhone, James Brown, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, San Francisco, twitter, Workforce, YouTube
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Blog from a bus
I’ve never blogged from a bus before but this one’s going so slowly up to Hammersmith from Brentford that I’m blogging to keep myself awake- hope I don’t put you to sleep.


