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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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the pension plowman
- RT @PensionsGuru: @footledonk @deValoisPens @henryhtapper Quite! Dreams are like that; they're plain crazy...thanks 44 minutes ago
- RT @deValoisPens: @footledonk @henryhtapper @PensionsGuru I didn't get that far. I only remember the missing word round and pensions "odd o…thanks 8 hours ago
- RT @Blacksquareplc: The Blacksquare Plc Daily is out! paper.li/Blacksquarecap… ▸ Top stories today via @henryhtapper @tim_weber @wishartwealththanks 9 hours ago
- RT @BridgetFSM: @henryhtapper I only just saw your comment from March on my blog. So sorry it got lost! Thanks and I'm replying now :)thanks 9 hours ago
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapper ▸ Top stories today via @CitywireMoney @BridgetFSMthanks 10 hours ago
- @deValoisPens @footledonk @PensionsGuru @TheActuaryMag and then you woke #everythingsgonnabealrightjustinthanks 10 hours ago
- Spammed out on linkedin? wp.me/ppXQz-2NXthanks 11 hours ago
- RT @deValoisPens: I need to share: Last night I had a #hignfy pensions special nitemare. @henryhtapper was host 😣 I was on @footledonk's te…thanks 11 hours ago
- RT @deValoisPens: @henryhtapper @footledonk @PensionsGuru Agreed. You were one scary host! Had the @TheActuaryMag as publication of the wee…thanks 11 hours ago
- @deValoisPens @footledonk @PensionsGuru very weird; worried for you that I'm appearing in your dreams; you could do so much better #pensionsthanks 12 hours ago
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- Why bloggers won't replace journalists
- If it's worth having- let's have it now!
- Spammed out on linkedin?
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- Shows what the little man can do
- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
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- 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
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- Reasonable Force- should pensions be compulsory
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Ten reasons to join the Pension Play Pen!
I’m excited! Driving through Berkshire and Hampshire to work it showed 8 degrees on the dashboard, I drove open-top and imagined I was Jane Austen in a pony and trap (the pony called Frankel)! I’m excited because there are 2499 members … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, poetry, The Racket of the Lambs
Tagged Berkshire, Bristol, Edinburgh, Hampshire, Jane Austen, London, Pen, pension, Racket, White Hart
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Do self-employed “workers” know their pension rights?
The self-employed have been marginal to Pension Reform. An obscure section of the 2008 Pension Act makes it possible for them to take part in NEST, however NEST do not advertise they can receive self-employed contributions and I’d be surprised if they have … Continue reading
Beautiful women, beautiful boats and beautiful days on the river!
Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry’s holy shade; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor’s heights th’ expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise boats, gloriana, Lady Lucy, pension playpen, poetry
Tagged Conditions and Diseases, Eric Thames, Health, Henry, London, River Thames, Shopping, Thames
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So you want better pensions?
I’m going to Holland next week to talk to European Fund Managers about how they engage with the UK DC market, it could be a short presentation. Ironically, the Dutch pension system is delivering 50% more pension – per pound … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, Change, Management, Martin Lewis, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged David Pitt-Watson, Dutch, DWP, Holland, Investment management, pension, Steve Webb, Treasury
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TESCO extra pensions
I’ve followed Tesco’s progress towards the staging of auto-enrolment closely this week. I think we are at a tipping point in pension provision in Britain, a point which could see the return of pensions that do what they say on … Continue reading
What’s a social media champion?
The news is that I’m up for an award as a social media champ – or or perhaps ”chump”. I’d be beating a food bunch if I won;- the Pensions Monkey Tom Mcphail, Mallowstreet, the dynamic golfing legend Gurjit Dehl and Madamoiselle Bighair - Ros Altmann. All … Continue reading
Is God online?
I went to Church last Sunday went today. The church in Dorset where I was confirmed now has digital screen in the aisles which display the words to the banal nonsense that passes for modern hymns, the reverend is miked up and there … Continue reading
Posted in religion, social media
Tagged Christian Church, Christian Union, Christianity, Church, Church attendance, Facebook, God, Methodism, Religion and Spirituality, Skype, Sunday, Sunday School
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Payroll folk and Pensions should be friends
Well ok, it’s not as glam as the farmer and the cowboy in Oklahoma, but there’s that same edge between payroll and pension people . This blog’s about how we’re getting it together- thanks to some lucky chancs- some serendipity! Serendipity … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, Payroll
Tagged Ceridian, KPMG, Logica, Magna Carta, Oklahoma, Payroll, pension, Steve Webb
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Why can’t we select a pension like we buy a car?
I’ll give you three good reasons While we can get reliable comparative data on the performance , reliability and fuel efficiency of a car, we can’t for pensions While cars are road-tested and best-buy lists published in magazines , on … Continue reading
One has one’s mojo workin’
Two weeks on and I’m still buzzing with that opening ceremony. The nation has got its mojo workin’ (but it just won’t work on U-sa). The Queen was the business and it’s good to see that Equity are inviting her to … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, auto-enrolment, Olympics, Olympics 2012, pensions
Tagged Arts, Creative Industries, Elizabeth II, Majesty, Malcolm Sinclair, pension, Performing Arts, Royal Highness
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