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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
- RT @PJZoulias: @henryhtapper does she have that written on her forehead?thanks 4 hours ago
- Sitting next to someone who manages £20bn of assets. No one has spoken to her all lunch! #pensionsthanks 5 hours ago
- “@paullewismoney: offering me an Annunity - presumably a regular income for retired abbesses!” Was that the #pensions monk? @PensionsMonkeythanks 5 hours ago
- Gardens on steroids at Chelsea Flower show. What r they on? Steroids! http://t.co/Zn908IpbAIthanks 7 hours ago
- So faux says Stella at Chelsea Flower Show http://t.co/nucIMLYTQlthanks 7 hours ago
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapperthanks 8 hours ago
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nz via @henryhtapperthanks 8 hours ago
- RT @IFASuccess: The IFA Success Business Times is out! paper.li/IFASuccess/130… ▸ Top stories today via @henryhtapper @wishartwealththanks 8 hours ago
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nz #pensionsthanks 12 hours ago
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace. wp.me/ppXQz-2Ma #pensionsthanks 12 hours ago
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- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments
- Commission - an unwanted risk.
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- Chateau d'Oigny
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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: Martyn Lewis
NAPF Conference Report (from our man not on the spot)
My attempt to create a one man fringe event at the NAPF was short-lived and I spent the majority of the past 48 hours ensconced in various coffee shops and bars listening to Conference Reports from playpen cronies. The feedback … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, de-risking, napf, NEST
Tagged Brussels, Gregg McClymont, Jenny Davidson, Martyn Lewis, NAPF, Paul Lambert, pension, Steve Webb
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Pensions crisis: one in 10 forced to delay retirement
Pummeting annuity rates and poor investment returns means thousands cannot afford to stop work. One in 10 of those due to retire this year will delay taking their pension, as a combination of plummeting annuity rates and poor investment … Continue reading
That ETV debate in full
Sometimes people’s comments on blogs are more interesting than the blog itself- this is certainly the case in a blog I wrote last week on “Enhanced Transfer Values” the thrust of which is that there are better ways to de-rsik defined benefit pension plans than by giving members cash bungs to transfer out theirguaranteed rights.
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Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen
Tagged annuity, Cash, Daily Mail, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Economics, Human Resources, KPMG, linkedin, Martyn Lewis, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Peter, Peter Flanagan, Wonga.com
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Could we find a truly independent financial adviser?
The Playpen met for lunch as they do every first Monday of the month to discuss a question posed to us by Paul Bradshaw- serial entrepreneur and the inventor (according to Alan Smith) of the £50,000 pa PEP. In attendance Bill … 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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