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Tag Archives: Marketing
Do IGC’s improve our value for money?
This is the 7th and penultimate blog , addressing the Work & Pensions Select Committee’s questions on pension transparency. This time the exam question is Are Independent Governance Committees effective in driving value for money? My short answer is that … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, WPC
Tagged IGC, L&G, Marketing, pensions, Prudential, Royal London, Technology, VFM, WPC
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Standard Life- welcome to Sage’s digital “Data Exchange”!
I’m very pleased to see Standard Life’s announcement that its “Good to go” proposition is now part of Sage’s Data Exchange initiative. The news grabs headlines in the Scotsman and it should be headline news down south as well! Employer’s … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged API, auto enrolment, Business, Marketing, pensions, Sage, Sage 50, Standard Life, Technology, workplace pension
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I hate marketing but I like this man
Of all the black arts, marketing is the most insidious. Marketing can make monkeys of us all and as we grin with pleasure at our inane purchasers, the marketers and their clients sip fine brandies and snigger. I’m holding that … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Advertising, Dr Tapper, Drugs, Marketing, Ogilvy and Mathers, Placebo, Rory Sutherland, Westie
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What if? ……Investment reporting for the future…
What if….. when I opened Google Earth and ran the cursor over my home town/county/country , I could see Housing stock being built Brownfield sites being redeveloped Start ups igniting into action Listed companies adapting to a new cleaner greener … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Asset management, ethical investment, Investment, investment administration, Legal and General, Marketing, Nigel Wilson, pensions, SRI
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Pension PlayPen overall winner at IMAIA 2014!
We do “new”, not because old is wrong but because new is where the future is. So we entered the IMAIA this year at the behest of our friend and mentor Jenny Davidson, the new Reward Director at Talk … Continue reading
Posted in brand, Cruise boats, customer service, de-risking, gloriana, henley, Henry Tapper blog, pension playpen
Tagged Awards, Business, Employment, Financial services, Government, IMAIA, IMAIA14, Marketing, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, twitter
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How’s this for a rip-off?
I’m not sure if it’s my job to whistle blow and so far they have only followed 82 people on twitter (including me) – but don’t you reckon this kind of offer is a little dubious? Continue reading
Posted in customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, happiness, Henry Tapper blog, Management, Martin Lewis
Tagged Cash, Credit history, Employment, Financial Service Authority, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Investment, Marketing, National Employment Savings Trust, No Age, pension, Pension fund, Retirement, Seal hunting
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Be aware – IFAs at work!
In order for employers to get value from their employee benefit plans they had better be absolutely sure that they are delivered by advisers that need carry no wealth warning!
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Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, finance, Financial adviser, Financial plan, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Human Resources, Independent Financial Adviser, Insurance, Marketing, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Rage against the Machine, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Society, Trail commission
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