Tag Archives: Budget 2014

21st Century Retirement Income Update

Posted on April 23, 2014 by henry tapper

  Well here I am in a Village hotel under the M1 seven miles south of Leeds to chair a day long conference on the opportunities for financial advisers from George Osborne’s Budget Changes (the photo is the lovely view … Continue reading →

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How we see the new annuity framework working

Posted on April 20, 2014 by henry tapper

Pension PlayPen response to the Treasury Paper “Freedom and choice in pensions.”     Pension PlayPen Ltd trades as http://www.pensionplaypen.com and is a leading portal through which employers and their advisers access information establish workplace pensions. This response has been … Continue reading →

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George Osborne ate my pension – a blog by Hilary Salt

Posted on March 23, 2014 by henry tapper

This is a blog written on Hilary Salt’s Facebook page which everyone should read. They aren’t my views and I don’t agree with a lot of what Hilary is saying, but this is the first coherently argued position I have … Continue reading →

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Annuity – RIP

Posted on March 20, 2014 by henry tapper

  I guess the moment I heard the news on the scrapping of compulsory annuities will stick in the memory like the moment I heard of the death of Elvis/Lennon and Princess Di. All morning we’d heard the helicopters hovering … Continue reading →

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