Daily Archives: December 31, 2012

2011 in review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by henry tapper

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 30,000 times in 2011. If it were a … Continue reading →

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It’s charges not contributions that are on the “race to the bottom”!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by henry tapper

I’ve been reviewing the 2013 charging options available to advisers using Scottish Widows – “Corporate Pensions; RDR and charging shape options”. The document gives advisers numerous options to pass on fees to members of their workplace pension plans. I wonder whether … Continue reading →

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The RDR has scotch’d the snake not killed it!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by henry tapper

the FSA has “scotched the snake not killed it”. Continue reading →

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