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Pension SuperHaven ; Turning pension savings into a “pension for life”

Posted on January 12, 2024 by henry tapper

The Problem In the old days, when promised a pension from their company, most of our parents worked on the basis that the employer was sitting behind the promise and taking all the risk of paying a known i.e. defined, … Continue reading →

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Should you get your guests to pay this Christmas?

Posted on December 23, 2022 by henry tapper

No! Nobody should ever, ever, ever, charge their aunty to come over for Christmas dinner (or Chanukkah tea – or any other occasion). If you want a (possibly more sensible) take, @henryhtapper argues the other side brilliantly in this week’s … Continue reading →

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I’ll argue on my blog – not in parliament.

Posted on November 17, 2022 by henry tapper

The Work and Pensions  Committee announced the line-up for their sessions on LDI (23rd November). There’s been a bit of banter about lining up Con, John and Iain and me. Let’s calm things down. We may have very different views … Continue reading →

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Turning pots to pensions – Simon Eagle at Pension PlayPen – Tuesday next

Posted on November 9, 2022 by henry tapper

    Who will be talking? I’m very pleased that Simon Eagle is going to speak with me at Tuesday’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning . He’ll be speaking about CDC pensions for people with DC pots. Simon is pensions actuary, … Continue reading →

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USS Pensions: Time for Agreement ; Michael Bromwich

Posted on August 12, 2022 by henry tapper

The 2020 valuation of this Scheme with a deficit of £14bn led to sweeping cuts in benefits and a substantial strengthening of the financial backing (additional covenant support) provided by employers to the revised Scheme which commenced on 1 April … Continue reading →

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A windy morning on the river

Posted on June 5, 2022 by henry tapper

It’s a cold and windy morning on the Thames and I’m readying the boat for an excursion down to Windsor with some friends from Slough. I’ll be eating a spicy Indian breakfast later so I’m not making my way up … Continue reading →

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Take coffee with the Pensions Minister at the Pension PlayPen

Posted on May 8, 2022 by henry tapper

  On Tuesday, May 10th, Tom McPhail and I will be putting questions to the Pensions Minister at a one hour on-line coffee morning. Here are some of our questions. Pension PlayPen is leading a campaign to increase participation in Pension … Continue reading →

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Ros Altmann v the Plowman over 13 rounds

Posted on February 26, 2022 by henry tapper

Ros Altmann and I are at loggerheads, I side with Paul Lewis in seeing the current version of Pension Wise as a basket case that should either be revamped along the lines of the FCA’s proposed guided sales model…. or … Continue reading →

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Invite – Tuesday Jan 25th -10.30 am; coffee with me and Tom McPhail.

Posted on January 24, 2022 by henry tapper

  I’m inviting  you to Pension PlayPen’s  Coffee Morning, this Tuesday January 25th – 10.30 am. I’ll be in conversation with industry guru and pundit Tom McPhail. Statutory Blurb Tom, after a glittering career with Hargreaves Lansdowne, has recently been … Continue reading →

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These you have read- my top ten blogs this year.

Posted on December 26, 2021 by henry tapper

  Although I write a lot, I don’t spend much time looking at what gets read and when I do, I get surprised! At the end of this year I know I’ll have had around a quarter of a million … Continue reading →

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