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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Lady Lucy in Henley day one
It didn’t rain- well it hardly rained! That’s a positive The river does strange things to your sense of time and place since the compass of your travel is limited to a narrow band of water threading through the countryside. … Continue reading
Posted in henley
Tagged Boat, England, Henley, Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Rodney Bewes, rowing
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Thank RBS for a Pension and Payroll lesson .
The last few days have not been good for those relying on RBS – be it their own , their employers’ or of their creditors’ RBS bank account. We have become reliant on our banking system and as Robert Peston put it … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Bankers, Financial Education, Management, NEST, pensions, RBS
Tagged Accounting, Bank, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Payroll, pension, Real Time Information, Stephen Hester
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Gloriana through Hurley Lock in midsummer sunshine
Posted in gloriana, henley, jubilee
Tagged Freebody, gloriana, Henley, Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, Hurley, Jubilee, redgrave, regatta, rowing, Thames
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Sponsor affordability and the use of security
This is an excellent article from my friend Simon Kew who trades as the Pensions Jackal on twitter. The subject may seem obscure but it isn’t – if you are in a Defined Benefit Pension Scheme you should know about … Continue reading
Pensions Bindweed- pretty and deadly
Management is a carrot and stick affair. If you are managing a company pension plan you can reward your pension manager with ongoing support or you can give it the sack. That’s governance for you. But if you are sponsoring a … Continue reading
Japanese Knotweed – the spread of passive defaults.
While investment consultants ponder the fifty shades of grey of diversification, I ponder just who , outside a small number of “experts” is prepared to take a decision on the default investment option of a company’s defined contribution pension scheme. This question … Continue reading
The economic history of the world in one little graph
That headline is a big promise. But here it is: The economic history of the world going back to Year 1 showing the major powers’ share of world GDP, from a research letter written by Michael Cembalest, an analyst … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Facebook, Financial Education, twitter
Tagged China, GDP, Gross domestic product, India, Industrial Revolution, Japan, Malthusian Trap, World population
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Performance enhancing rugs
News is coming in that Wayne Rooney has tested positive for a performance enhancing rug. His magnificent header from all of 6 inches crowned another fab night’s footie in Ukrania. And this in a game that but for Capello’s pleading, our … Continue reading
Pensions or Porn? – The Jury’s out
The choices we have when we have time to ourselves vary from immediate sensual gratification (porn) to deferred financial gratification (pensions). Put like that it’s not surprising that porn sites get rather more hits than pension sites. This post is … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media
Tagged Facebook, Internet pornography, linkedin, Martin Lewis, pension, Pornography, social media, Television
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