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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Hotel stupid
The Hotel itself is clearly designed by bar-code or the information of people’s behjaviour that gan be gleaned from your Tesco card. Continue reading
Posted in customer service
Tagged corporate risk, Crowne Plaza, customer service, Economics, England, Germany, Holiday Inn, Hotel, London, Manchester, Salford Quays, Sony, Tesco
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Sian Massey is welcome at the Huish
In a thoughtful article in this morning’s NOTW, Gary Lineker talks of the added pressure on Sian Massey as a league referee. He’s right, sheltered by the crowd, many fans will think it funny to make her life uncomfortable. I … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged afc bournemouth, Gary Lineker, Huish Park, Jacqui Oatley, Richard Keys, Sexism, Sky Sports, Somerset, Southampton, yeovil town fc, YTFC
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The vision of Pension Plowman
The pen is mightier than the sword and a lot less dangerous! Continue reading
Posted in pensions, poetry
Tagged AllianceBernstein, Brentford, Brentford F.C., Griffin Park, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, poetry, Society, The PEnsion Regulator, Tunnel, Washington DC, William Langland, Yeovil, yeovil town fc, YTFC
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Value add – wine and target dated funds
Thanks to the boys and girls at ABCD it was fun but it left me a little frustrated.
Posted in Liability Driven Investment, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Buckinghamshire, Château Talbot, Comptroller, corporate risk, Liability Driven Investment, Morrisons, NEST, Payment system, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, pensions, Retirement, Solvency II, Wine
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DC- where it all went wrong for the fund managers
No- not a 10.000 word dissertation – this is a quick romp through the past ten years of DC provision in the UK which concludes with a few words on where we are today.
Keys and Gray have done women’s football a favour
Humour is the only weapon to deal with this loathsome nonsense and I am thoroughly enjoying their embarassment
How do 540 pension people look on one page?
We are all fascinated by our looks but how do our looks compare?
Posted in NEST, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Arts, Facebook, linkedin, NEST, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pensions, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, twitter
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The Pension Play Pen
The Play Pen is a linkedin group with 800 members (as at January 2011). We opened the group in December 2009 and it’s managed by myself ,Kim Gubler and a number of sub-group managers. Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, poetry, Retirement, social media
Tagged Ben Mulroney, cotswolds accomadation, Employment, England, Infant, Leeds, London, Manchester, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Playpen, poetry, Retirement, social media, Society
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Advice where advice is needed
I’ve been reading Aegon’s latest report into Incentives for Saving and the consumer research that backs it up. It makes pretty dismal reading.
Posted in dc pensions, pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Treasury
Tagged Aegon, dc pensions, Financial adviser, Financial services, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, pensions, Pensions, Politics, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Scottish Equitable, The PEnsion Regulator, Treasury
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Con climbs up Pigsah
And he went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.”. Deuteronomy 34:1