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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
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- Sitting next to someone who manages £20bn of assets. No one has spoken to her all lunch! #pensionsthanks 7 hours ago
- “@paullewismoney: offering me an Annunity - presumably a regular income for retired abbesses!” Was that the #pensions monk? @PensionsMonkeythanks 7 hours ago
- Gardens on steroids at Chelsea Flower show. What r they on? Steroids! http://t.co/Zn908IpbAIthanks 9 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?
- Why bloggers can never replace journalists
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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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Tag Archives: Retirement
Debunking the RSA myth that Dutch CDC provide better outcomes
I’ve received this open letter from John Lawson (he of Aviva) which I print in full. Dear Henry, I have mentioned before the folly of relying on the RSA for any rigorous analysis. The RSA is a political construct, not a … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC, dc pensions, governance, pensions
Tagged CDC, Credit Suisse, Dutch, Henry, Japan, pension, Retirement, RSA
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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
Whatever we do, let’s do it together
I have just read a Report by Demos which ends like this The shift in private retirement coverage from traditional pensions to individual retirement plans has made the goal of a comfortable retirement a risky, costly gamble. A fortunate few will … Continue reading
This is no country for old women
I haven’t been a great fan of academic pensions research or researchers for that matter. The research is typically a big whinge about people not getting a fair deal, the researchers comfortably cocooned in university sponsored sinecures or pensions. So I … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, annuity, pensions
Tagged annuity, Basic State Pension, Business, dc pensions, Directive (European Union), Employment, Greece, Noel Whiteside, pension, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Royal Statistical Society, social media, Society, UK State Pension, University of Warwick
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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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Tomorrow’s problems today..the OFT on pensions
Answers on an e-postcard to http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/markets-work/pensions Continue reading
Playpen guru says its all our fault
In an astonishing outburst at today Play Pen London lunch, pedagogue David Hargreaves bit the hand that fed and claimed that the predicament at retirement was down to the financial services industry. Hargreaves, an actuary who trades as the pension … Continue reading
Pensions dead by 2050 – taking the Michael?
The Daily Telegraph, which through Richard Evans has started writing sharp and provocative articles on pensions, came out with a corker just before Christmas. I read it on the beach and nearly choked on my sangria! Here it is in … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Australia, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, de-risking, defined aspiration, Henry Tapper blog, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury, with-profits
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Business and Economy, Christmas, corporate governance, corporate risk, Daily Telegraph, DC Comics, dc pensions, Employment, Financial literacy, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Saving, social media, Steve Webb
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All change on pensions – a positive outlook for 2013!
Neasa MacErlean has written a great article in the Independent which you can read here. I was asked to collaborate on one or two sections and I’m quoted as inciting members of workplace savings plans to up the ante and make sure that … Continue reading
Wouldn’t you rather be in Tenerife?
Tenerife is my holiday destination of choice. I love it because it is so chavvy. Get on the plane at Gatwick North and you and 400 enthusiastic party going geriatrics are on their way to a winter wonderland where flood … Continue reading
