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Monthly Archives: June 2011
A declaration of belligerence
Today (3oth June) is strike day. It is a general strike by a proportion of society that has seen total personal reward for its labours massively increase over the past fifteen years. The people who will be suffering are members of the … Continue reading
Culling seals
I have a new phrase in my vocabulary which relates to the activities of financial institutions that take advantage of the inertia of customers. I cannot tell you about the context in which I learned about this phrase as I am … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen
Tagged Chatham House, Chatham House Rule, corporate risk, Culling, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Financial services, Insurance, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pensions, Politics, Seal hunting
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Paul Bradshaw – champagne please!
Paul Bradshaw – the man behind Skandia and latterly Nucleus, Annuity Direct and a number of similar advisory ventures is a canny man- it was not for nothing that he offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could truly claim to offer independent … Continue reading
Posted in mallowstreet, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Champagne, Chardonnay, France, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, linked in, mallowstreet, Martyn Lewis, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Pinot noir, Skandia
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So you think twitter’s a waste of time?
It’s irksome to those who use twitter to be told by those who don’t that they are wasting their time. I am sure a lot of people waste their time on twitter but they are probably the sort of people … Continue reading
Worrying times for NEST
find them a proper job Continue reading
“Buying a Retirement Income” from an RIP
I’m sure the panelled annuitants or Retirement Income Providers (hereafter known as RIPs) are feeling pretty comfortable about life this morning.
Posted in annuity, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Aviva, Business, Insurance, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pensions, pensions, Personal Accounts, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Scheme, Tom McPhail, Zurich
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Unavoidable, necessary and futile – the fight for public sector pensions
Because the unions only speak for those they define as their own – they do not speak for me – nor I for them. Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, Liberal Democrats, NEST, Nick Clegg, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Bryn Davies, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, dc pensions, Dorset, Dorset County Council, Economics, John Denham, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party of Canada, Methodism, NEST, Nick Clegg, Pension new, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Tony Benn, Trade union
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He saw you coming! – consumer DNA
Man walks into a bar, barman says Your usual Sir? How do you know what’s my usual – I’ve never been in here before? Cloud Sir What you … Continue reading
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Tagged Base pair, Business, Competence (biology), DNA, Food, music, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Recreation, Sensitivity and specificity, Shopping, Society
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Kids stuff – what HR and Pension people can learn from Generation C
We will be competing for their interest with a whole bunch of others trying to get some space on their cloud. Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Booz & Company, Cyberbury, dc pensions, de-risking, Digital native, Economics, Employment, Facebook, Gospel of Matthew, Human Resources, Instant messaging, IPhone, James Brown, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, San Francisco, twitter, Workforce, YouTube
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Blog from a bus
I’ve never blogged from a bus before but this one’s going so slowly up to Hammersmith from Brentford that I’m blogging to keep myself awake- hope I don’t put you to sleep.
