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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
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapper ▸ Top stories today via @pensionsweek @atheistactuary @henryhtapperthanks 59 minutes ago
- RT @SReeder01: @AdviserLounge @rosaltmann @henryhtapper @PensionsGuru @PensionsMonkey Heres another idea "Facebook Welfare" http://t.co/WNU…thanks 1 hour ago
- @Totalrhubarb Read it earlier. Good article.thanks 4 hours ago
- "@Totalrhubarb: Are you getting a fair fx? Fix it or let them fix it against you. Great wire article wire.russell.com/2013/06/18/fix…" #pensionsthanks 4 hours ago
- We're on the road (to somewhere) lnkd.in/B9jx4Ythanks 5 hours ago
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- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper Well thank you Henry. I thought it was pretty cute when I penned it...thanks 14 hours ago
- @PensionsGuru Deffo better than J Bitumenthanks 14 hours ago
- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper Henry - here's a John Betjeman poem I sort of re-wrote once; I think it's better than the original... http:…thanks 14 hours ago
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- If I were Steve Webb..
- We're on the road (to somewhere)
- Shows what the little man can do
- "My word is my Eurobond" - pensions without banks
- A message to 1.2m employers who aren't reading (yet)!
- Will no one rid me of this troublesome press? Mr Godfrey defends "Corporate Access".
- Not what's in the pot but what it buys - Pension RTI
- All you never wanted to know about that Pension PlayPen GPP
- In a muddle about investment management fees
- "We don't know what we're doing"!
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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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DB de-risking presntation (ppt)
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Tag Archives: Business and Economy
“Cynicism’s” trending on #pensions
I’m cynical about cynics – but in a nice way Continue reading
Tomorrow’s problems today..the OFT on pensions
Answers on an e-postcard to http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/markets-work/pensions Continue reading
Cobblers shoes – how an adviser selects a pension for its staff
If we can find a pension provider that knows what “good” is, I will be pleased. But I worry whether that may be as much a challenge for us. Continue reading
Reading through the palm of my hand
To suppose that we will be purchasing financial services in 2014 as we did five years ago or even today could be a mistake. Walk down your high street and the only discretionary businesses are social clubs (coffes shops hairdressers and nail bars) – oh … Continue reading
Posted in brand, customer service, dc pensions, Management, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business and Economy, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Mobile phone, Motorola, Nokia, Smartphone
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The solid value of insurance
“The people I talk to full into one of two categories, either you’ve built up some money and want to hang onto it, or you are looking to .” That was our opening gambit when we met with prospects. I … Continue reading
Pensions dead by 2050 – taking the Michael?
The Daily Telegraph, which through Richard Evans has started writing sharp and provocative articles on pensions, came out with a corker just before Christmas. I read it on the beach and nearly choked on my sangria! Here it is in … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Australia, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, de-risking, defined aspiration, Henry Tapper blog, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury, with-profits
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Business and Economy, Christmas, corporate governance, corporate risk, Daily Telegraph, DC Comics, dc pensions, Employment, Financial literacy, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Saving, social media, Steve Webb
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Tsunami – make haste to higher ground!
You don’t need to be particularly clever to work out that in 2013 and 2014 , there are going to be a lot of purchasing decisions by employers if the “victorious” unblemished start to auto-enrolment is to be continued among … Continue reading
Your 10 frequently asked pension questions
Is Aviva a bus or a pension company? If I am entitled, am I eligible for a company contribution? If I am eligible, am I an entitled worker? Why has Gregg McClymont got so many consonants in his name? Why has … Continue reading
Challenging “received ideas”
Psittacism is the act of repeating something parrot fashion and I’ve seen a lot of it in the past couple of days. Received ideas are concepts that have been so often repeated that they can hardly be challenged. We know when we … Continue reading
