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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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EU Solvency II
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- Come on Yeovil! wp.me/ppXQz-2Mi via @henryhtapperthanks 4 hours ago
- More green and white spotted in Brentford #ytfc http://t.co/zynyo2PC8Mthanks 6 hours ago
- RT @TonySlimmings: Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace. wp.me/ppXQz-2Ma via @henryhtapper. As Henry I am glad to see e…thanks 6 hours ago
- “@TonySlimmings: Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace. wp.me/ppXQz-2Ma via @henryhtapper. glad to see end of GPP robberythanks 6 hours ago
- A momentous day for restoring confidence in UK pensions wp.me/ppXQz-2KJ via @henryhtapperthanks 6 hours ago
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace. wp.me/ppXQz-2Ma via @henryhtapperthanks 6 hours ago
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- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- Come on Yeovil!
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- A momentous day for restoring confidence in UK pensions
- What have the Australians done for us - not much!
- Do consumers benefit from risk-based pricing?
- How digitization is changing our lives
- Get up! Stand up! For your pension rights!
- The "advice gap" can and will be filled
- So what's new in pension reform?
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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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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Self-serving nonsense from the City on LDI DC pensions
Apparently what the City would like to serve up to us to sort out our woeful DC pensions is a wonder drug called LDI. I read “with interest” that More than half of the pensions industry feels that the liability-driven investment techniques … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Defined benefit pension plan, doctors, Investing, Investment, LDI, pension, Schroders, Steve Webb
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Doctors are pension millionaires – so why are they striking?
My Dad’s a doctor and in retirement - he has a great pension and who can begrudge him it? He retired 25 years ago as a senior partner - on about one third of the final salary he’s be on today. Like him, I … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Actuary, BMA, British Medical Association, Canada, Defined benefit pension plan, Doctor (Doctor Who), doctors, Doctors (2000 TV series), Industrial action, London, National Health Service, pension, Price index, Private sector, public sector, Salary, Strike action, Tax, Telegraph
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Who’ll win this Pension Referendum?
We are about to have a pensions referendum. Votes will be cast not at the ballot box but through an obscure process known as “the opt-out“. Over the next five years , more than 5m people, around 20% of the … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged Civil service, Government, Insurance, pension, Steve Webb, Stock market, Telegraph, William Hill
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The taX factor
Tune into Europe‘s latest and greatest talent show where you chose who stays and who goes in Club €. And without further ado, lets introduce you to our judges tonight… Mao Tse Bung – Eastern potentate - owner of Africa Mr George … Continue reading
Posted in Greece
Tagged Africa, Eurozone, Greece, Greek, Greek nationality law, Mao Tse Bung, Nana Mouskouri, Southern Europe, United States
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Who cares who manages our pension funds?
Almost nine out of ten defined contribution members cannot name the funds their contributions are invested in, according to research from Standard Life. The survey revealed that, in spite of this, just under half (49%) of respondents, felt their investments reflected their … Continue reading
Are we managing our children’s financial expectations?
According to a recent RBS Survey, 59% of parents believe their children will be financially worse off than them in the future On average children believe they will earn £56,000 aged 35 – twice the average wage Only 5% of … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Education
Tagged Allowance (money), Child, England, Money management, MoneySense, Northern Ireland, Wales, Youth
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Are your junior staff’s finances any business of yours?
Vicki’s customers have unsecured debts, rental agreements, hangovers, STDs and attitude Continue reading
Not angry – anymore; Elvis Costello at Bournemouth
Elvis Costello has been kidding us he isn’t angry since we were in nappies (well I was 16 when he issued ”My Aim is True“). I was also 16 when I walked the length of the Holdenhurst Rd to see him perform on the Stiff Tour … Continue reading
Blue is the colour
Unless of course you are Scottish. City’s injury time miracle was played out on our iPhones as we watched the World Sevens at Twickenham..Chelsea‘s eleventh hour heist in a Brentford pub. The blue and white hoops of Reading go up, those of … Continue reading
Posted in champions league, Change
Tagged Alan Green, Leinster, Lockinge, Sam Allardyce, Stuart Broad, Twickenham, Twickenham Stadium, Ulster
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