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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
Blogroll
- 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
boat builder
Chateaux in Piedmont
EU Solvency II
Yeovil Town
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the pension plowman
- Why bloggers won't replace journalists lnkd.in/vCJUgsthanks 1 hour ago
- Why bloggers won't replace journalists wp.me/ppXQz-2NG via @henryhtapperthanks 1 hour ago
- Why bloggers can never replace journalists wp.me/ppXQz-2NGthanks 11 hours ago
- RT @PJZoulias: @henryhtapper does she have that written on her forehead?thanks 16 hours ago
- Sitting next to someone who manages £20bn of assets. No one has spoken to her all lunch! #pensionsthanks 17 hours ago
- “@paullewismoney: offering me an Annunity - presumably a regular income for retired abbesses!” Was that the #pensions monk? @PensionsMonkeythanks 17 hours ago
- Gardens on steroids at Chelsea Flower show. What r they on? Steroids! http://t.co/Zn908IpbAIthanks 20 hours ago
- So faux says Stella at Chelsea Flower Show http://t.co/nucIMLYTQlthanks 20 hours ago
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapperthanks 21 hours ago
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nz via @henryhtapperthanks 21 hours ago
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Top Posts
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments
- Why bloggers won't replace journalists
- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- Commission - an unwanted risk.
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- "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
- The Pension Play Pen
- Yeovil Town FC
NAPF Presentation on “at retirment options”
DB de-risking presntation (ppt)
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Tag Archives: Facebook
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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There’s a lot we can learn from town planning
Many towns around the western world started out as Roman garrisons. Primitive stockades gave way to fortified settlements which attracted local residents who set up communities outside the fort’s walls. In time, the communities became protected by the Romans and the distinctions … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions, town planning
Tagged China, Facebook, Gated community, Martin Lewis, Online Communities, Roman, Rome, twitter
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Spamta Claws coming to town
It took me 51 years to clock it , but Santa is a spammer. Spamta. as I will now call him has invaded my inbox at least ten times a day throughout advent sending me seasons greetings in the names … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Christmas, Facebook, linkedin, Martin Lewis, Santa Claus, Spam, Tenerife, twitter
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Succinct and to the point
“Digital communications” have moved from Silicon Valley into our coat pockets in a decade. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions, Popcorn Pensions, Retirement, social media
Tagged Facebook, Friday, IPad, Mobile device, Morrison, Silicon Valley, Smartphone, social media
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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
Digital accountability – a terrible beauty is born
An interesting comment from my mother “Jimmy Savile would not have got away with it today.” This from an 80 year old who observes the digital age with detached amusement but understands that the behaviour of a celebrity is now governed … Continue reading
Posted in social media
Tagged BBC, Chris Kirkland, Facebook, Hillsborough disaster, Jimmy Savile, Salford Quays, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., YouTube
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Club Pension!
Words resonate in strange ways and when they come in pairs new resonances emerge. Last week, Martin Lewis called “pension” a broken brand (worrying to the owner of the Pension Play Pen). The idea behind the word “club” seems to be under … Continue reading
Posted in club pension, Financial Education, happiness, Henry Tapper blog, Martin Lewis, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Company, Employment, Facebook, Government, Martin Lewis, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pensions, Politics, Popcorn Pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, social media, Steve Webb
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is LinkedIn making us lazy?
I’ve just had an interesting conversation with my brother Greg. Greg runs part of a recruitment firm. He is concerned that many of his team prefer to assess the quality of candidates using proxies for worth such as the number of … Continue reading
Posted in Linkedin
Tagged Business, Expert, Facebook, Klout, linkedin, Skill, social media, twitter
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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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