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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
Yeovil Town
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the pension plowman
- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper Well thank you Henry. I thought it was pretty cute when I penned it...thanks 3 hours ago
- @PensionsGuru Deffo better than J Bitumenthanks 4 hours ago
- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper Henry - here's a John Betjeman poem I sort of re-wrote once; I think it's better than the original... http:…thanks 4 hours ago
- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper Oh!thanks 5 hours ago
- @PensionsGuru Wilfred Owen "I am the enemy you killed my friendthanks 8 hours ago
- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper All meetings are strange; the fact we're here at all is strange...thanks 8 hours ago
- @PensionsGuru it seemed that out of battle I escaped, through some full corridor long since scooped... #strangemeetingthanks 9 hours ago
- RT @PensionsGuru: @henryhtapper @AdviserLounge @rosaltmann @PensionsMonkey @Pensionplaypen You're welcome. Glad we met up.thanks 9 hours ago
- @PensionsGuru @AdviserLounge @rosaltmann @PensionsMonkey thanks for the cheese and bees Guru #pensions @Pensionplaypenthanks 9 hours ago
- @PensionsGuru qthanks 9 hours ago
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- If I were Steve Webb..
- "My word is my Eurobond" - pensions without banks
- A message to 1.2m employers who aren't reading (yet)!
- Shows what the little man can do
- Not what's in the pot but what it buys - Pension RTI
- All you never wanted to know about that Pension PlayPen GPP
- Will no one rid me of this troublesome press? Mr Godfrey defends "Corporate Access".
- "We don't know what we're doing"!
- In a muddle about investment management fees
- Collective Defined Contribution Schemes – A Shameful Missed Opportunity
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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: Human Resources
All you never wanted to know about that Pension PlayPen GPP
What are you on about now? http://www.pensionplaypen.com is a website set up to help Britain’s 1.2m employers work out auto-enrolment, adapt their existing workplace pension or get a new one and manage “auto-enrolment for life not just for staging”. As it’s the … Continue reading
It’s not a capacity crunch it’s a traffic jam
the nature of the problem changes but the scale of the problem remains the same Continue reading
Why bloggers won’t replace journalists
She gets the aggregates and cements, mixes the concrete , lays it and sells the building! Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged Education, Employee benefit, Human Resources, Journalist, Payroll, pension, Whitbread, Yeomen Warders
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A momentous day for restoring confidence in UK pensions
We cannot have confidence in a system where member’s pensions can be impacted by as much as 30% though advisory arbitrage. 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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Cobblers shoes – how an adviser selects a pension for its staff
If we can find a pension provider that knows what “good” is, I will be pleased. But I worry whether that may be as much a challenge for us. Continue reading
Primavera for the pension playpen
This site will not be for pension people, it will be for people interested in pensions Continue reading
Pension agnostic?
An ”agnostic“ is someone who knows he cannot know and so gives up trying to find out. You hear the phrase “pension agnostic” bandied around at the moment, mainly from the providers of ancillary services that help companies auto-enrol. If you key … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Consolation, corporate governance, dc pensions, defined aspiration, Fiduciary Management, Financial Education, First Actuarial, hargreaves lansdowne, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business, Employment, Financial adviser, Financial services, Human Resources, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Saving
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People get ready!
If “wave one” so far looks a success, what about waves 2 and 3 and what can the employers preparing to stage in late 2013 and onwards learn? Continue reading
Never mind the width – feel the quality!
In the heyday of occupational pension provision, offering membership to a company pension scheme sent a clear message to staff that the company was confident in its future and cared for its human resource. When defined benefit schemes were first … Continue reading


