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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
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the pension plowman
- RT @PensionsGuru: @footledonk @deValoisPens @henryhtapper Quite! Dreams are like that; they're plain crazy...thanks 3 hours ago
- RT @deValoisPens: @footledonk @henryhtapper @PensionsGuru I didn't get that far. I only remember the missing word round and pensions "odd o…thanks 11 hours ago
- RT @Blacksquareplc: The Blacksquare Plc Daily is out! paper.li/Blacksquarecap… ▸ Top stories today via @henryhtapper @tim_weber @wishartwealththanks 12 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 12 hours ago
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapper ▸ Top stories today via @CitywireMoney @BridgetFSMthanks 13 hours ago
- @deValoisPens @footledonk @PensionsGuru @TheActuaryMag and then you woke #everythingsgonnabealrightjustinthanks 14 hours ago
- Spammed out on linkedin? wp.me/ppXQz-2NXthanks 14 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 15 hours ago
- RT @deValoisPens: @henryhtapper @footledonk @PensionsGuru Agreed. You were one scary host! Had the @TheActuaryMag as publication of the wee…thanks 15 hours ago
- @deValoisPens @footledonk @PensionsGuru very weird; worried for you that I'm appearing in your dreams; you could do so much better #pensionsthanks 15 hours ago
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- Why bloggers won't replace journalists
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- 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.
- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- Shows what the little man can do
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
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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
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Category Archives: twitter
Can social media play a part in pension scheme governance?
Are the systems used to offer participating employers a say in the running of mastertrusts or contract based workplace pensions fit for today’s purpose? Continue reading
The Facebook timeline – a teenage diary.
Facebook gives kids the space to learn who they are without the intrusion of unwanted authority. Parents, teachers, coaches and big brothers take note Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, social media, twitter
Tagged Business Insider, Facebook, Facebook features, FacebookTimeline, History, Online Communities, Social network, Timeline
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By your clicks shall ye be known – the self-immolation of Gavin Barwell MP
Thanks to the Guardian for this… Conservative MPGavin Barwell thought he was exposing a particularly shameless piece of political moneyspinning when he clicked on a link tweeted by Labour and found a press release accompanied by an advert saying “date Arab … Continue reading
Posted in social media, twitter
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No win no fee – one way to clean up asset management
I met yesterday with a Swiss firm whose business is to reduce the investment costs for large investors (typically with €500m +). The model is simple, no retainer – they receive 50% of the savings from their work. They are a … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Change, corporate governance, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, de-risking, Fred Goodwin, FSA, Management, napf, pension playpen, pensions, RBS, redington, Retirement, twitter
Tagged Asset management, Business, Financial Services Authority, Funds, Investing, Investment management, Securities lending, Switzerland
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Opt-outs triggered by smartphones say Legal and General!
Speaking at a private conference for First Actuarial staff, Adrian Boulding said that Legal and General‘s clients were enthusiastic about their staging experience and he went on to suggest that members were much more ready to get information and transact digitally than his firm … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, auto-enrolment, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, Facebook, First Actuarial, Management, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, twitter
Tagged Actuarial science, Adrian Boulding, Asda, IPhone, Legal & General, Marks & Spencer, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Sainsburys, Scheme, Steve Webb
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Don’t fence me in!
I went to a presentation to a small group of intermediaries given by a major life company last week. The presentation explored how we could adopt social media in our work to help jointly build our businesses and make it … Continue reading
People need places to talk about #pensions.
Nobody ten years ago could have anticipated the way that technology would have driven digital communication. Nobody but a fool would try and predict how we talk with each other in 2022. But we can look at how today’s social … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, Facebook, twitter
Tagged Business, Facebook, Initial public offering, mallowstreet, Marketing and Advertising, Maven, pension, social media
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The new journalists
We’re gearing up for the conference season whether we be journalists, delegates or the majority of us who get the highlights pumped at us through the media. Politics, business and journalism regard October as blanked out and historically those who … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Henry Tapper blog, Linkedin, mallowstreet, social media, twitter
Tagged Online Communities, Primark, Rob, Tom, Tom McPhail, twitter, Yeovil Town, Yeovil Town F.C.
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The economic history of the world in one little graph
That headline is a big promise. But here it is: The economic history of the world going back to Year 1 showing the major powers’ share of world GDP, from a research letter written by Michael Cembalest, an analyst … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Facebook, Financial Education, twitter
Tagged China, GDP, Gross domestic product, India, Industrial Revolution, Japan, Malthusian Trap, World population
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Keeping kids solvent
Vivi Friedgut is quite a woman. Still in her early thirties she has left the world of private banking where she could make easy money advising the super-rich. She has chosen to invest her private capital in educating students and those at … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, customer service, Facebook, Henry Tapper blog, pensions, twitter
Tagged Business, Citywire, Education, finance, Financial literacy, Home, Private banking, Student, Thursday, Youth
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