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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
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- @deValoisPens @footledonk @PensionsGuru @TheActuaryMag and then you woke #everythingsgonnabealrightjustinthanks 5 hours ago
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- Why bloggers won't replace journalists
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- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments
- Spammed out on linkedin?
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- Shows what the little man can do
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- 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 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
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Category Archives: Retirement
Heavyweight support for CDC – the Dutchmen strike back!
I sit and watch; – like 1.2m other employers, I just want to see the money I pay into a workplace pension generate the best outcomes it can. Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, CDC, David Pitt-Watson, NEST, pensions, Retirement, workplace pensions
Tagged Aviva, Bank of England, CDC, David Pitt-Watson, Dutch, Government, John, pension
4 Comments
Helping companies take decisions on pensions
One of the first thing you are taught at sales school is to “sell not tell”. Selling people an idea is about planting and nurturing an idea, not marching customers to the check-out desk. When it comes to taking a … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Popcorn Pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business, Employment, Funds, Investing, Mutual Funds, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Question
3 Comments
The sins of the past
We have concentrated our thinking on how the financial services industry will cope with the new business strain of auto-enrolment. For many providers the bigger issue will be the impact on its existing business. Continue reading
The pension zeitgeist
The real lessons to be learned come from what people do , not just what they say; but we can start by listening to the pensions Zeitgeist Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Retirement, social media
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Business, Financial services, Martin Lewis, social media, Tesco, Tesco Clubcard
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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
Whatever we do, let’s do it together
I have just read a Report by Demos which ends like this The shift in private retirement coverage from traditional pensions to individual retirement plans has made the goal of a comfortable retirement a risky, costly gamble. A fortunate few will … Continue reading
And why these “employer duties”?
Employers do not have fourty year business plans but employees do. We call those plans “careers”. Continue reading
Would you take your chance on a mastertrust?
It’s called proper choice and I’m all for GPPs and mastertrusts squaring up to each other and having the argument Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, auto-enrolment, brand, governance, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Aviva, Bus, Financial Services Authority, Grand National, Leyton, linkedin, Liverpool Street station, Paul Bannister
2 Comments
“Stick or twist” for the lifecos.
It is hard for the insurers to twist because they think the dealer’s against them. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, customer service, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, EU Solvency II, Financial Education, Henry Tapper blog, pension playpen, pensions, Personality, Popcorn Pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, social media
Tagged Aviva, BlackRock, David Pitt-Watson, House of Fraser, John, Legal & General, National Employment Savings Trust, Standard Life
20 Comments
“What’s expensive for a pension these days?”
Most UK pension people may still agree with you and see 0.9% as cheap but not me. It might have been cheap in 2000 and it certainly isn’t today! Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, brand, corporate governance, customer service, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, fish, one pound fish, pensions, Personality, Retirement
Tagged AMC, Australia, David Pitt-Watson, Dutch, John, John Denham, Legal & General, pension
21 Comments
