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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
- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website. wp.me/ppXQz-2MC via @henryhtapperthanks 39 minutes ago
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club wp.me/ppXQz-2MJ via @henryhtapper #ytfcthanks 39 minutes ago
- Shows what the little man can do wp.me/ppXQz-2MV #ytfcthanks 40 minutes ago
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect? wp.me/ppXQz-2Ni #pensionsthanks 41 minutes ago
- Halftime on Sunday - so sweet! # ytfc #championship db.tt/PCYQGMXathanks 1 hour ago
- JacktheJouneyman - the PlayPen horse! wp.me/ppXQz-2IG via @henryhtapperthanks 3 hours ago
- The Pension Plowman Daily is out! paper.li/henryhtapper ▸ Top stories today via @ai_CIO @jonstapleton @Jimmer84thanks 8 hours ago
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect? wp.me/ppXQz-2Ni #pensionsthanks 12 hours ago
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace. wp.me/ppXQz-2Ma via #pensionsthanks 12 hours ago
- Are pensions fundamentally flawed? henrytapper.com/2013/05/21/fit…thanks 13 hours ago
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- The Regulator's brilliant auto-enrolment website.
- "Fit lean pension machines" - an uncomfortable prospect?
- Shows what the little man can do
- Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
- A great day for Yeovil Town Football Club
- Who speaks for workplace pensions?
- Come on Yeovil!
- Tesco v Morrisons - a pension-enrolment showdown
- In the customer's shoes; Dan Norman on our fund fiduciaries.
- We are Yeovil!
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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: social media
Steve Webb’s water-cooler moment
“You learn what they care about, what they understand and what they don’t. And you can join in. But what you can’t do, is take charge.” Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, annuity, pension playpen, pensions, social media
Tagged DWP, Minister (government), pension, social media, Steve Webb, Sun, Vincent Franklin, Webb
7 Comments
The pension zeitgeist
The real lessons to be learned come from what people do , not just what they say; but we can start by listening to the pensions Zeitgeist Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Retirement, social media
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Business, Financial services, Martin Lewis, social media, Tesco, Tesco Clubcard
1 Comment
Can social media play a part in pension scheme governance?
Are the systems used to offer participating employers a say in the running of mastertrusts or contract based workplace pensions fit for today’s purpose? 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
5 Comments
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
13 Comments
Mismanaging on-line identity – when cyber PR goes wrong!
The role of the publicity agent has changed. Celebrities have so much exposure via social media that it’s a 24/7 task just reading what’s being said about your clients, let alone controlling the message. Quantity still trumps quality – the axiom that … Continue reading
Logins, passwords and all that tra la la!
How many times do you log in to a website a day? Just to get online this morning, I had to spend quarter of an hour telling Holiday Inn Express all about me. No doubt I have now subscribed to yet more mailings … Continue reading
Posted in Henry Tapper blog, Linkedin, pensions, social media
Tagged Holiday Inn Express, linkedin, Login, PHIL, ROBERT, social media, Trevor, twitter
5 Comments
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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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
