Monthly Archives: August 2011

DC investors -are we panicking?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by henry tapper

The stock market has fallen 10% in a week and chances are , so’s the value of your pension account. You probably lost considerably more than you earned and if certain “experts” are to be believed, you may be penning your … Continue reading →

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DC Trustees still valued but they need to raise their game (via Henrytapper’s Blog)

Posted on August 5, 2011 by henry tapper

The Pension Play Pen met for their 21st consecutive lunch on Monday August 1st to discuss whether we still needed DC trustees. Jenny Davidson made the point about her company which had developed all the monitoring tools needed to measure the performance … Continue reading →

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The point of work’s to dream of doing nothing

Posted on August 4, 2011 by henry tapper

The ongoing semantic squabble about how not to talk about “pensions” continues to preoccupy those advising on and providing pensions. Last night I was chatting with Ben Mulroney of Mallowstreet who complained that there was only so much that could be … Continue reading →

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DC Trustees still valued but they need to raise their game

Posted on August 2, 2011 by henry tapper

The Pension Play Pen met for their 21st consecutive lunch on Monday August 1st to discuss whether we still needed DC trustees. Jenny Davidson made the point about her company which had developed all the monitoring tools needed to measure the performance … Continue reading →

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Bugger Basingstoke

Posted on August 1, 2011 by henry tapper

If King  George III had had to commute into Basingstoke in 2011 these words would not have been far from his lips. It is no mean feat of mismanagement that Basingstoke and Deane council have managed to transform a fine chunk … Continue reading →

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