Monthly Archives: November 2010

NEST For the self employed?

Posted on November 9, 2010 by henry tapper

The “pensions landscape” ,as the FSA calls it, looks as barren for traditional financial advisers as a first wold war battlefield.

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Zenyatta the new Bradman

Posted on November 7, 2010 by henry tapper

That she carved through the field and was defeated only by a short-head means that like Bradman she will be remembered as the best but nearly something else.

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You don’t know what you’re doing

Posted on November 6, 2010 by henry tapper

I suspect that many of the mass affluent are still subliminally believing in the 1 for 10 rule and still believing that equities will grow by 10% per year as they did in the 80s and 90s Continue reading →

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What has happened to our pensions?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by henry tapper

Never before in the field of UK pensions has so much been done so quickly for so many. Continue reading →

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Lord Hutton, longevity and financial planning

Posted on November 2, 2010 by henry tapper

I would go beyond Lord Hutton’s immediate proposals and suggest that we have a series of key valuation factors for all the various forms of pensions we belong to. These factors would provide a benchmark , deviation from which would be justified by specific, clearly disclosed circumstances.
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Pension Playpen lunch- the new consensus

Posted on November 1, 2010 by henry tapper

Next lunch is Monday December 6th- same place but we’ll be doing a Christmas special. Continue reading →

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