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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
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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
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Chateaux in Piedmont
EU Solvency II
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the pension plowman
- RT @RalphPensionweb: Pensions Quality Mark a waste of time. @GOPMTV @henryhtapper #PQM #Pensions grumpyoldpensionmen.comthanks 1 hour ago
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- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapper ▸ Top stories today via @hrmagazinethanks 6 hours ago
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect? wp.me/ppXQz-2Ni via @henryhtapperthanks 6 hours ago
- RT @telegraph: New IQ measure - have you taken the test? soa.li/mNT4k5U Didn't get it. I must be thick -er where do you press?thanks 6 hours ago
- RT @FSMarketingGuru: @henryhtapper interesting time to put the thought out with a great like @iancowie packing in. #blogging #journalismthanks 7 hours ago
- RT @rosaltmann: Costs of pension a/e for smaller firms isn't so much the contributions as the administration complexity. It's so complicate…thanks 8 hours ago
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- Readers, reporters and City scandals since 1986 via @Telegraph soa.li/8WSODMgthanks 8 hours ago
- RT @FSMarketingGuru: @henryhtapper aren't most journalists also bloggers too... Mixing art forms can only be good - agree Steph H. Is a cla…thanks 8 hours ago
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- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments
- Why bloggers won't replace journalists
- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
- Commission - an unwanted risk.
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
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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: July 2011
If you were Stuart Broad..
A cracking video of a great cricketing moment Continue reading
Posted in cricket
Tagged cricket, England, England cricket team, Fatherhood, Graeme Swann, ICC, lords, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sport, Stuart Broad, Test cricket
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Do them a favour – give your older workers a hand!
It is as if a bridge had been built without a ramp from bridge to shore . People have to make their way from bridgehead to safety using their own resources though the cost of completing the bridge is minimal relative to the benefit it would bring. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Business, Employee value proposition, Employment, Human Resources, pension, pensions, Politics, regulation, Retirement, sharesave, Society, unilever, Will Hutton
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Scheme Pensions aren’t the magic bullet -yet
There seems to be irrational exuberance among some parts of the IFA community that a new solution is round the corner to what are seen to be the poor “at retirement” options presented by conventional annuities or the new drawdown (under … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Retail Distribution Review
Tagged Employment, Financial services, Insurance, Joe Bloggs, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, pensions, Personal pension scheme, Public Sector Pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Society, The Pension Regulator
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Frankel the wonderhorse
BRAVO FRANKEL-THE WONDERHORSE Continue reading
When “two sevens clash”
When I was a kid growing up in a very white part of Britain, I was fascinated by a guy called Joseph Hill who was predicting a calamity on the 7th July 1977 which pretty well brought to Jamaica to a … Continue reading
The case for doing nothing
There is a case for doing nothing and it is a logical case- but it’s not a course of action I intend to follow, Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, Retirement
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Education, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, Rate of return, Retirement, Saving, Society, unilever, Wine tasting descriptors
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Accounts and accountability-who pays for NESTCorp?
I am a lover of NEST- of collective DC – of private and public partnerships that bring better funded pensions to people for whom the current system cannot reach. I have made my own private submission to the Work and … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged Business, Department for Work and Pensions, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, pensions, Personal Accounts, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Saving, Scheme, Select committee (Westminster system), Society, Tata Consultancy Services
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What NESTCorp is costing us
I wonder why NEST Corp’s own staff pension contributions cannot be accommodated within NEST , saving future member’s the burden of £3.6m pa in interest payments.
Should employers be bothered about their pensioners?
Seems a stupid question to those of us involved in running defined benefit schemes. Pensioners of defined benefit pension schemes are the happy beneficiaries of their companies foresight and generosity in establishing and maintaining that pension. Organisations that have established … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, customer service, dc pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Business, Compensation and Benefits, customer service, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, Politics, Retirement, Society
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Buy now while IFAs last?
Commission comes at a cost and a cost that is rarely counted Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, Education, Employment, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Independent Financial Adviser, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, public sector, regulation, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Saving, Scheme, Society
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