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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
boat builder
Chateaux in Piedmont
EU Solvency II
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the pension plowman
- RT @RalphPensionweb: @henryhtapper You're in this week's @GOPMTV. grumpyoldpensionmen.com #pensionsthanks 13 minutes ago
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapper ▸ Top stories today via @hrmagazinethanks 2 hours ago
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect? wp.me/ppXQz-2Ni via @henryhtapperthanks 2 hours ago
- RT @telegraph: New IQ measure - have you taken the test? soa.li/mNT4k5U Didn't get it. I must be thick -er where do you press?thanks 2 hours ago
- RT @FSMarketingGuru: @henryhtapper interesting time to put the thought out with a great like @iancowie packing in. #blogging #journalismthanks 4 hours ago
- RT @rosaltmann: Costs of pension a/e for smaller firms isn't so much the contributions as the administration complexity. It's so complicate…thanks 4 hours ago
- RT @FSMarketingGuru: @henryhtapper check out @iancowie missive here? blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmco…thanks 4 hours ago
- Readers, reporters and City scandals since 1986 via @Telegraph soa.li/8WSODMgthanks 4 hours ago
- RT @FSMarketingGuru: @henryhtapper aren't most journalists also bloggers too... Mixing art forms can only be good - agree Steph H. Is a cla…thanks 5 hours ago
- @FSMarketingGuru agree; but the dividing line is clear - opinion v research? What do you think? #blogging v #journalism #pensionsthanks 5 hours ago
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- The true and fair way to "cost" your investments
- Why bloggers won't replace journalists
- A democratic way to improve DC investment.
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- Morrison's "Save our Dough" campaign.
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- Commission - an unwanted risk.
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
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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: Royal Mail
The sins of the past
We have concentrated our thinking on how the financial services industry will cope with the new business strain of auto-enrolment. For many providers the bigger issue will be the impact on its existing business. Continue reading
Why we mustn’t let the Royal Mail “pension solution” become a precedent
In Pension Age’s May edition, Paddy Briggs argued that the member’s best interests were not being served by the Government’s “sequestration” of the assets of the Royal Mail’s pension fund. Roger Turner produced a cogent riposte in your July/August issue … Continue reading
Stamp Collecting – Britain’s most profitable hobby.
Once upon a time Britain invented the universal penny post that allowed your for 1d to send a letter anywhere in the UK. Because we invented the service and did the infrastructure properly we became the envy of the world and … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, Treasury
Tagged Collecting, First-class cricket, Leonard Cohen, Mail, Ofcom, Post office, Postage stamp, Price, Royal Mail, Stamps
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The cheque’s in the post
The Chancellor is due to receive a “windfall” of £25bn if plans for the Government to take over the Royal Mail pension fund go ahead. In a sleight of hand that would make David Blaine blush, this will enable the … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Treasury
Tagged Cheque, David Blaine, Government, Insurance, Mail, pension, Pension fund, Royal Mail
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10 infrastucture opportunities pension funds cannot ignore!
The Government has announced that it wants UK pension funds to invest in UK infrastructure. This week we saw a slice of Thames Water purchased by the Chinese. I live on the Thames and as dawn rises this morning I’m on “Junk Alert” on “the partially yellow river”. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Bankers, Church of England, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, religion, Retirement, social media, Treasury, Twickenham, twitter
Tagged Government, Hedge fund, Isle of Man, London, pension, Richard Branson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail, Rugby Football Union, Tarmac, Thames Water, Towers Watson
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