Category Archives: Facebook

Cyber-power; is Facebook our new Government?

Posted on July 8, 2019 by henry tapper

When your bobbing up and down on the Thames in a wooden boat for a few days, it’s difficult to imagine how tech platforms are changing the world, but returning to terra- firma and reading “the Fracturing of the Global … Continue reading →

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The normal cost of pensions remains the same.

Posted on August 16, 2018 by henry tapper

The debate about the “fairness” of offering some people “gold-plated” defined benefit schemes and others no more than the auto-enrolment minimum is familiar to everyone in the UK. Sometimes, it’s useful to look at the same debate from a different … Continue reading →

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Martin Lewis and Facebook

Posted on April 23, 2018 by henry tapper

Martin Lewis is a god, he is followed by millions because he is consistent in what he does. He does not advertise products. And yet Facebook allow advertisers to hi-jack his brand, even his image and use it to endorse … Continue reading →

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Trial by twitter’s fine by me!

Posted on February 7, 2018 by henry tapper

An IFA withdraws its transfer service complaining it’s the victim of “trial by twitter”. Accountability is something that falls hard on adviser’s shoulders. Because we are in the business of longer term investment, the outcomes of our advice will typically … Continue reading →

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How Facebook works for pensions.

Posted on January 16, 2018 by henry tapper

Most people know I use social media a lot – it serves me well and I’m keen to help people less familiar with it, to spend their time profitably. Two years ago I was saying, spend time on Linked in … Continue reading →

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“A decision to take a transfer cannot be reversed and should not be rushed”

Posted on October 31, 2017 by henry tapper

This blog is mainly written for deferred members of the British Steel Pension Scheme, but many other people may find it interesting. There’s no doubt that what is going on in Tata-land, will go on with other employers who feel … Continue reading →

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Planning for a noble and quick death?

Posted on July 29, 2017 by henry tapper

  The FT has been doing some research about what motivates people to swap a pension for drawdown. The sample may not have been big but they’re drawing a strange conclusion. The superiority of the death benefits within drawdown are … Continue reading →

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Is NEST best?

Posted on January 27, 2015 by henry tapper

Back-slapping all round NEST launched its third Insight into the state of the UK auto-enrolment project yesterday. This was a land grab for AE glory. At the front of the pack was Joanne Segars whose NAPF hosted the event. Hopefully … Continue reading →

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Fear of feedback

Posted on September 13, 2014 by henry tapper

Everyone knows what social media does. For every blog there are comments, every forum has its threads, some twitter conversations last for weeks. It is the interaction between author and reader that makes it distinctive. The “Letter in the Times” … Continue reading →

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Pension PlayPen needs your digits.

Posted on August 5, 2014 by henry tapper

  Digital marketing is something we’re having to learn as we go along. We’ve got to find 1,000,000 employers who don’t have a workplace pension and convince them of the importance of paying some attention to what their staff invest … Continue reading →

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