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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
Yeovil Town
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- RT @SamStedders: @henryhtapper me to Henry - and Brentford missing out in the play-offs again! Lets hope it's 8th time lucky if we get the …thanks 2 minutes ago
- RT @PJZoulias: DB vs DC returns via @towerswatson towerswatson.com/en/Insights/Ne… Note use of TDFs @henryhtapper Must be their fault ;)thanks 2 hours ago
- @deValoisPens @Fanfaronade Impressive of L&G huh! #pensionsthanks 3 hours ago
- RT @Fanfaronade: @henryhtapper I was also impressed by L&G's new governance efforts (even if spurred by OFT). Other insurers/mastertrusts s…thanks 3 hours ago
- RT @deValoisPens: Aye aye RT “@Fanfaronade: @henryhtapper speaketh pensions sense: henrytapper.com/2013/05/22/a-d…”thanks 3 hours ago
- I am having difficulty coming to terms with Yeovil Town being a #championship side; do I need therapy? #ytfcthanks 3 hours ago
- “@Fanfaronade: I was also impressed by L&G's new governance efforts (even if spurred by OFT). Other insurers/mastertrusts shld follow suit.”thanks 4 hours ago
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- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect? wp.me/ppXQz-2Ni via @henryhtapperthanks 4 hours ago
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- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- Commission - an unwanted risk.
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- Shows what the little man can do
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
- A day on the river
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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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Category Archives: defined aspiration
Do consumers benefit from risk-based pricing?
may be wrong, the idea put up by John Raven, that a risk-based system delivers more may be right, but intuitively I sense we are moving to a more pooled approach to pricing. Continue reading
Those Dutch Pensions – a Civil Servant writes
I get some feedback on my blogs from people I know who don’t want to or aren’t allowed to go public. Here’s an example from a formidable figure and a personal friend (who I know/hope has the skin or a rhino … Continue reading
Working for the clampdown?
“what are we going to do now?” Joe Strummer asked in 1979. Are we still working for the Clampdown? Continue reading
All we are saying – give DA a chance!
“Possible easements for employers providing good pension schemes” Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, defined aspiration, pension playpen, steve webb
Tagged Defined benefit pension plan, Devizes, DWP, Jerusalem, pension, Pensions Act 2008, Romsey, Scheme
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DC4Good; ABdc and the Pension Trust get it.
DC just took a little step forward… Here’s AllianceBernstein‘s press release (with the flim-flam deleted and my comments in blue) AllianceBernstein has launched a range of ethical target date funds for the UK DC market. Good news, we all know that … Continue reading
When pensions de-mutualise
When you take the mutuality out of pensions , you take good pensions out of mutuals. Continue reading
Bill – get some DC resource into the Regulator now!
Bill, t tPR need a gong-worthy head of DC asap. Continue reading
Better ways to diversify the default.
When people see the jigsaw being put together , we may even get better public confidence in workplace pension schemes – something devoutly to be hoped for! Continue reading
Pension agnostic?
An ”agnostic“ is someone who knows he cannot know and so gives up trying to find out. You hear the phrase “pension agnostic” bandied around at the moment, mainly from the providers of ancillary services that help companies auto-enrol. If you key … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Consolation, corporate governance, dc pensions, defined aspiration, Fiduciary Management, Financial Education, First Actuarial, hargreaves lansdowne, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business, Employment, Financial adviser, Financial services, Human Resources, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Saving
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Light in the lifestyle tunnel!
The way in which your DC pot magically turns from investing in shares to investing in cash and Government bonds is called lifestyle and it involves hundreds of transactions in 60+ months before you buy your pension. All of these transactions involve … Continue reading
