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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
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nz #pensionsthanks 55 minutes ago
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace. wp.me/ppXQz-2Ma #pensionsthanks 1 hour ago
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nz via #pensionsthanks 1 hour ago
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments lnkd.in/63Z3SFthanks 1 hour ago
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nzthanks 2 hours ago
- RT @SamStedders: @henryhtapper me to Henry - and Brentford missing out in the play-offs again! Lets hope it's 8th time lucky if we get the …thanks 10 hours ago
- RT @PJZoulias: DB vs DC returns via @towerswatson towerswatson.com/en/Insights/Ne… Note use of TDFs @henryhtapper Must be their fault ;)thanks 12 hours ago
- @deValoisPens @Fanfaronade Impressive of L&G huh! #pensionsthanks 14 hours ago
- RT @Fanfaronade: @henryhtapper I was also impressed by L&G's new governance efforts (even if spurred by OFT). Other insurers/mastertrusts s…thanks 14 hours ago
- RT @deValoisPens: Aye aye RT “@Fanfaronade: @henryhtapper speaketh pensions sense: henrytapper.com/2013/05/22/a-d…”thanks 14 hours ago
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- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- Commission - an unwanted risk.
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
- Buzzword Bingo- (great post from Phil Baumann)
- Chateau d'Oigny
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
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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: Financial services
Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
Auto-enrolment killed this kind of adviser as video killed the radio star. Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pensions
Tagged Consultant, Employment, finance, Financial adviser, Financial services, GPP, Insurance, pension
9 Comments
Has Webb scotch’d the commission snake – or killed it?
All the advisers needed to do was to make promises. They did not have to keep them. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Fred Goodwin, pension playpen, pensions, poetry, Treasury
Tagged Employment, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial services, Office of Fair Trading, OFT, pension, Steve Webb
4 Comments
Bridging that advice gap – 43rd London Pension Lunch
Vivi and others were more optimistic, reckoning that employer power might be a way of driving standards up. Continue reading
The “advice gap” can and will be filled
The advice gap left by the banning of commission can and will be filled Continue reading
Those Dutch pension cuts in full!
Final figures from the Dutch central bank DNB show a total of 66 Dutch pension funds have been forced to curtail pensions due to funding shortfalls. Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Bankers, pensions
Tagged Amsterdam, David Pitt-Watson, Dutch, Financial services, Funds, Investing, pension, Pension fund
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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
1 Comment
A method to chose your workplace pension scheme.
I’d value your feedback on a scoring system we are developing which aims to provide employers with a method of rating one pension proposition against another. We want it used by employers looking to establish a new workplace scheme, and those who … Continue reading
“Cynicism’s” trending on #pensions
I’m cynical about cynics – but in a nice way Continue reading
So what’s a good DC pension – Mr Webb?
Britain is taking on a massive enterprise as it looks to universal private pension provision in the corporate sector Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Australia, auto-enrolment, pensions, Retirement, social media
Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, public sector, Retirement, social media
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