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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
boat builder
Chateaux in Piedmont
EU Solvency II
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the pension plowman
- RT @FSMarketingGuru: @henryhtapper check out @iancowie missive here? blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmco…thanks 17 minutes ago
- Readers, reporters and City scandals since 1986 via @Telegraph soa.li/8WSODMgthanks 17 minutes ago
- RT @FSMarketingGuru: @henryhtapper aren't most journalists also bloggers too... Mixing art forms can only be good - agree Steph H. Is a cla…thanks 22 minutes ago
- @FSMarketingGuru agree; but the dividing line is clear - opinion v research? What do you think? #blogging v #journalism #pensionsthanks 24 minutes ago
- Why bloggers won't replace journalists lnkd.in/vCJUgsthanks 2 hours ago
- Why bloggers won't replace journalists wp.me/ppXQz-2NG via @henryhtapperthanks 2 hours ago
- Why bloggers can never replace journalists wp.me/ppXQz-2NGthanks 12 hours ago
- RT @PJZoulias: @henryhtapper does she have that written on her forehead?thanks 17 hours ago
- Sitting next to someone who manages £20bn of assets. No one has spoken to her all lunch! #pensionsthanks 18 hours ago
- “@paullewismoney: offering me an Annunity - presumably a regular income for retired abbesses!” Was that the #pensions monk? @PensionsMonkeythanks 18 hours ago
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- 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.
- Commission - an unwanted risk.
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- 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 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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Tag Archives: Hedge fund
All that glitters does not lure – thoughts on DC default funds.
“I asked him, ‘My God, they’re purple and green. Do fish really take these lures?’And he said, ‘Mister, I don’t sell to fish.’ Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, CDC, dc pensions, fish, governance, investment, pensions
Tagged Alan Miller, Business, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, Mutual fund, Real estate investment trust, SHPS
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Can a hedge fund make your money prosper?
Here is a question asked to members of our Pension Play Pen by Alan Miller. It’s a long question so I’ve broken it down a bit- my answers at the bottom! When you consider predictions (eg LBS’s Dimson & Marsh) … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, brand, hedge funds, Horse racing, smelly, stock lending
Tagged Business, Credit Suisse, Funds, Hedge fund, Information and Service Providers, Investing, Pension fund, Reuters
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How was the Plowman’s vision? – 2012 #pensions predictions revisited
Here were our pension predictions from a year ago (you can read the full blog from December 2011- here) Artificially depressed interest rates drive up DB deficits and depress annuities but the pressure on life companies and pension schemes to adopt … Continue reading
“These charges are no more- they have ceased to be”
Tell me about your Charges Sir Can’t do that …they’re hiddeen Tell me about your hidden charges then Don’t know what you’re talking about Sir. Much of the problem rests with the word “discretionary”. If you … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, Bankers, FSA
Tagged Business, Mutual fund, Investing, Collective investment scheme, Investment management, Funds, Hedge fund, City
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Cheltenham Day 3
Thanks to the mathematicians who have been keeping a running tally on the investment value of my tips. Apparently I am generating a 39% Return on Investment which puts me among Britain’s top Hedge Fund Managers. You have been charged £1000 for reading … Continue reading
10 infrastucture opportunities pension funds cannot ignore!
The Government has announced that it wants UK pension funds to invest in UK infrastructure. This week we saw a slice of Thames Water purchased by the Chinese. I live on the Thames and as dawn rises this morning I’m on “Junk Alert” on “the partially yellow river”. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Bankers, Church of England, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, religion, Retirement, social media, Treasury, Twickenham, twitter
Tagged Government, Hedge fund, Isle of Man, London, pension, Richard Branson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail, Rugby Football Union, Tarmac, Thames Water, Towers Watson
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Rich Hedgehogs, poor clients
From the Economist HEDGE-fund managers are the smartest investors around. With keen eyes and sharp brains, they spot and exploit inefficiencies in the markets. Or at least that is what the industry tells its clients. There is no doubt that hedge-fund … Continue reading
What’s in store for UK pensions in 2012?
Artificially depressed interest rates drive up DB deficits and depress annuities but the pressure on life companies and pension schemes to adopt Solvency II recedes as the UK distances itself from Brussels. The price of the settlement on public sector pensions is … Continue reading
Paul Bradshaw – champagne please!
Paul Bradshaw – the man behind Skandia and latterly Nucleus, Annuity Direct and a number of similar advisory ventures is a canny man- it was not for nothing that he offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could truly claim to offer independent … Continue reading
Posted in mallowstreet, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Champagne, Chardonnay, France, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, linked in, mallowstreet, Martyn Lewis, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Pinot noir, Skandia
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