Monthly Archives: June 2011

Public sector strikes – the indeluctable modality

Posted on June 15, 2011 by henry tapper

“the ineluctable modality of existence- it gets us every time”.
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Posted in NEST, pension playpen, pensions, poetry, Retirement | Tagged Brian Hutton Baron Hutton, Geoffrey Hill, National Union of Teachers, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions, poetry, Politics, Private sector, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Strike action, UNISON | 3 Comments

If you write as good as you talk – no one reads you

Posted on June 14, 2011 by henry tapper

None of us currently have the answers and if we don’t have these conversations I suspect we never will! Continue reading →

Posted in NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media | Tagged Blog, Comment (computer programming), Education, Lou Reed, Melchett, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Online Communities, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions, Retirement, Saving, social media, Social network, Society | 4 Comments

fudging, nudging (and attitude budging)

Posted on June 11, 2011 by henry tapper

what starts out as a wish to get educated , realises itself in a sales experience and detoriates into disillusionment, is the standard experience of many members of the public. Continue reading →

Posted in Retirement | Tagged Business, Education, Financial services, Homer, Investing, Labour Party (UK), National Employment Savings Trust, New Labour, Nudge (book), pension, Retirement, Saving, Scottish Widows, Social Security, Society, State Second Pension | 4 Comments

Social entrepreneurs and pension leaders ; Robert and Dawid

Posted on June 10, 2011 by henry tapper

Some talk about it, some tweet about it and some do it. Robert and Dawid, my friends who run Redington and Mallowstreet do all three! It’s one thing to muse on instigating best practice into pension scheme management, it’s another to … Continue reading →

Posted in de-risking, mallowstreet, pensions, redington, social media | Tagged Business, de-risking, Entrepreneur, Financial services, Languages, Lisp, mallowstreet, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pensions, Philanthropy, Programming, redington, Scheme, Social Enterprise, Social entrepreneurship, social media, Venture Capital | 7 Comments

Dispelling annuity myths.

Posted on June 9, 2011 by henry tapper

I spoke yesterday in Leeds Castle “the most beautiful castle in the world. The NAPF South Estern Group had rented the old brewery for their annual conference and I had the place to myself between 7 and 9am (see photo below) … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, Liability Driven Investment, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement | Tagged annuity, Liability Driven Investment, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, pensions, Retirement | 6 Comments

#Accidentallybrokenwindowgate -the full story from #TMS

Posted on June 7, 2011 by henry tapper

You couldn’t make it up! Continue reading →

Tagged Andy Flower, Bat, England & Wales Cricket Board, Henry Blofeld, Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Marylebone Cricket Club, Test Match Special | 1 Comment

“You’re on your own in retirement” claims blue-blood at Pension Play Pen lunch.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by henry tapper

Dick Strattan gives collective DC a kick in the nuts.
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Posted in annuity, NEST, pension playpen | Tagged annuity, Deloitte, Economics, Facebook, gordon brown, Insurance, linkedin, London, Lunch, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, pension playpen, Pensions, Retirement, Thatcherism | 4 Comments

How cricket should be – hats off to Lords

Posted on June 4, 2011 by henry tapper

What a great place Lords is!
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Posted in cricket | Tagged Bangladesh, cricket, England, Jonathan Trott, Lord's Cricket Ground, lords, Rugby Football Union, SMS, Sri Lanka, Stuart Broad, SWALEC Stadium, Test and County Cricket Board, Test cricket | 1 Comment

You don’t make friends with salad

Posted on June 2, 2011 by henry tapper

Now we know- I was right, my Mum was wrong and angry organomums at Sainsburys are terrorists. Continue reading →

Tagged Cucumber, Germans, Germany, Home, Russia, Russians, Sainsburys, Salad, Spain, Vegetable | 1 Comment

You can’t buy a sausage with a brick

Posted on June 1, 2011 by henry tapper

Time to start saving for your future lads – you can’t buy a sausage with a brick – never could. You certainly can’t fund your retirement from negative equity.

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Posted in Retirement | Tagged Business and Economy, Case–Shiller index, Economist, Economy, Estate agent, housing market, J. P. Morgan, Mortgage loan, Negative equity, Pension new, Pensions, Price, Property, Real estate bubble, Real estate economics, Real estate pricing, Retirement | 1 Comment

Monthly Archives: June 2011

Public sector strikes – the indeluctable modality

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Dispelling annuity myths.

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#Accidentallybrokenwindowgate -the full story from #TMS

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“You’re on your own in retirement” claims blue-blood at Pension Play Pen lunch.

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How cricket should be – hats off to Lords

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You don’t make friends with salad

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