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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
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Chateaux in Piedmont
EU Solvency II
Yeovil Town
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- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nz #pensionsthanks 4 hours ago
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace. wp.me/ppXQz-2Ma #pensionsthanks 4 hours ago
- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nz via #pensionsthanks 4 hours ago
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- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments wp.me/ppXQz-2Nzthanks 5 hours ago
- RT @SamStedders: @henryhtapper me to Henry - and Brentford missing out in the play-offs again! Lets hope it's 8th time lucky if we get the …thanks 13 hours ago
- RT @PJZoulias: DB vs DC returns via @towerswatson towerswatson.com/en/Insights/Ne… Note use of TDFs @henryhtapper Must be their fault ;)thanks 16 hours ago
- @deValoisPens @Fanfaronade Impressive of L&G huh! #pensionsthanks 17 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.
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
- Buzzword Bingo- (great post from Phil Baumann)
- 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: Pension Regulator
The Regulator’s brilliant auto-enrolment website.
It is an example to other Government functions on how to engage with its audience. Continue reading
A method to chose your workplace pension scheme.
I’d value your feedback on a scoring system we are developing which aims to provide employers with a method of rating one pension proposition against another. We want it used by employers looking to establish a new workplace scheme, and those who … Continue reading
Everybody need standards
Pensions should be as easy to buy as a can of baked beans Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pension playpen, pensions, social media
Tagged Actuarial science, DWP, Education, first actuarial, pension, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Steve Webb
20 Comments
Give a straight red to active member discounts
What are active member discounts (AMDs) and what’s so wrong with them? Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, brand, dc pensions, Fiduciary Management, pensions, Personal Accounts, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged AMC, Aviva, Friends Life, GPP, House of Fraser, pension, Pension Regulator, Scheme
15 Comments
Better-buying makes auto-enrolment work
The promise of “Wealth at work” has disguised the paucity of the pension outcomes when work finishes. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, corporate governance, dc pensions, First Actuarial, Henry Tapper blog, pensions, steve webb, target date funds
Tagged Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Regulator, Self-invested personal pension, SHPS, Small and medium enterprises, UK State Pension
15 Comments
Tescos – Karen Wake helps- quite a lot!
It is not about staging dates, it is about day in, day out; forever into the future Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Business, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, pension, Pension Regulator, Scheme, Tesco
5 Comments
Bill – get some DC resource into the Regulator now!
Bill, t tPR need a gong-worthy head of DC asap. Continue reading
Diagnosing the real cost of DC
A problem with buying ”bundled” DC services is finding out what’s really going on under the bonnet. I recently blew my power steering pump , I wanted to know what had happened but the pump was in a sealed unit – no warning … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, dc pensions
Tagged ABI, AMC, Defined contribution plan, Diagnosis, Investment management, pension, Pension Regulator, Transaction cost
9 Comments
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
Dear OFT….
I see you are looking into pensions and will be completing a “market study” by August that will focus on value for money and the size of pension pot savers end up with at retirement. I hear it will look … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, First Actuarial, NEST, pensions, Retirement
Tagged AMC, August, Dublin, Employment, Financial services, Office of Fair Trading, pension, Pension Regulator
17 Comments
