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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
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- Chateau d'Oigny
- Guido Fawkes' political blog
- Inspirational blog from 21C actuary
- my linked in site
- Oliver Tapper's blog
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- 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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- 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
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Tag Archives: Equitable Life
Investing in the sunny uplands!
A common theme in my blogs is the frustration that people get stuck in the wrong kind of investments wrong in terms of charges, wrong in terms of management and wrong in terms of the suitability of the fund to a … Continue reading
Why your personal pension/FSAVC may be worthless.
The question that the insurers and possibly the law courts need to answer is whether they will compensate their policyholders for mis-buying?
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Posted in customer service, pension playpen
Tagged Business, corporate risk, customer service, Economics, Equitable Life, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Financial services, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pensions, Policy, Politics
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DC – a victim of “mark to market” evangelism?
At present, the DC affluent can protect themselves through the use of phased retirement and income drawdown. Those with small DC pots are least protected from market vagaries.
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Scheme liabilities- Rest in Peace
The old adage that if the Equitable Life was a pension scheme it would still be trading today can be reversed. If most pension schemes were regulated as life insurance companies are today they would not be in business. Which is why we must be very worried indeed about threats to the buy-out market and very worried for our DC members about the impact on the cost of annuity purchase. Continue reading
Posted in EU Solvency II, Fiduciary Management, Liability Driven Investment, pensions, Retirement, Treasury
Tagged ageing, annuities, annuity purchase, Bank, cod.halibut.pollock, Equitable Life, EU, EU Solvency II, Fiduciary Management, finance, fishing, insurance.trustees, Liability Driven Investment, Local government pensions, pensioners, pensions, Retirement, Retirement age, Solvency II, trawler, Treasury
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