Tag Archives: pension

Don’t spend it all at once

Posted on January 24, 2024 by henry tapper

My Grandma gave me as a 21st birthday present the proceeds of a life insurance policy . It came as a cheque for around £400 in a card with the message “don’t spend it all at once”. I went to … Continue reading →

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Britain should not disrespect Fujitsu or Japan.

Posted on January 21, 2024 by henry tapper

  The FT has published a thoughtful article about the damage that Mr Bates v the Post Office is doing to Fujitsu – both in the UK and in Japan. It concludes While some investors view faults with the Horizon … Continue reading →

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The future for LTAFs looks grim.

Posted on January 21, 2024 by henry tapper

Sales of LTAFs aren’t going well and this doesn’t bode well for both the Conservative and Labour party’s plans to put our long-term savings to work for the good of the country. This week we learn that sales of LTAFs … Continue reading →

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Port Talbot needs a plan B

Posted on January 19, 2024 by henry tapper

I’m not going to try and to compete with the BBC, Its reporting on the announcement that the blast furnaces at Port Talbot will be closing and 3000 jobs will be lost at Tata Steel, is magnificent.  Give this a … Continue reading →

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Surplus extraction – it shouldn’t happen to a nun

Posted on January 11, 2024 by henry tapper

I’ve been rather carried away by the Bim and Paul show at the WPC and will continue with cheesy headlines that could dilute the impact of important pension issues. Yes I know the difference between a surplus and a surplice … Continue reading →

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So what does a trustee have to do to go to jail?

Posted on January 9, 2024 by henry tapper

  Throughout my career, I have been brought up to consider the fiduciary duty binding and the rules governing pension trusteeship actionable if broken. Since the days of Robert Maxwell, the idea of embezzling other people’s money, through a raid … Continue reading →

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Time has moved on – and so must HMRC . Ark pension fraud (pt. 94)

Posted on January 5, 2024 by henry tapper

Good for the FT for giving publicity to the ongoing agony of the Arc pension fraud victims. This is a specialist pension blog and so has covered the fraud many times over the years. Sue Flood has had her testimony … Continue reading →

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Next year’s pension scandal will have been ten years in the cooking

Posted on January 1, 2024 by henry tapper

Things move slowly in Pensions, the Irish are waking up to their not getting auto-enrolled workplace pensions till 2025, even though I’ve been told by David Harris, that they’re just around the corner since 2010. But this blog is not … Continue reading →

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Let’s stop supplying our competitors and grow our own

Posted on December 28, 2023 by henry tapper

There is a great deal of political and economic agreement about the source of our economic stagnation. The agreement is that we are not “growing our own” but sending the beans of economic success to America and elsewhere. To put … Continue reading →

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A helping hand towards a better (state) pension

Posted on December 27, 2023 by henry tapper

It’s not often that people choose to pay tax voluntarily, but new figures from HMRC show that people have been queueing up to give the Government their money in the form of voluntary NICs – over a third of a … Continue reading →

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