Monthly Archives: March 2013
So what’s a good DC pension – Mr Webb?
Britain is taking on a massive enterprise as it looks to universal private pension provision in the corporate sector Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Australia, auto-enrolment, pensions, Retirement, social media
Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, public sector, Retirement, social media
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Cheltenham day three – Tap’s top tips
Looking back is seldom a good idea and anyone following yesterday’s top tips may be forgiven avoiding my predictions for day three! 13:30 Novices’ Chase 2m 4f £100,000 Texas Jack 14:05 Final (Handicap Hurdle) 3m £80,000 Shut the front … Continue reading
Tescos – Karen Wake helps- quite a lot!
It is not about staging dates, it is about day in, day out; forever into the future Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Business, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, pension, Pension Regulator, Scheme, Tesco
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Cheltenham day two – Tap’s top tips!
Tap’s top tips for Tuesday are to be found in this alluring video recorded in our Rissington Studio as dawn broke on a fab Gloucestershire morning. Yesterday under promised and over-delivered. When Cornelius Lycett claimed that 95% of the course was … Continue reading
Cheltenham tips – day one
At time of writing the bookies have the meeting 4-6 on to go ahead but I’m staring at a blizzard out the window here in Rissington – but 10 miles from the course. Our party divides into two ….those who will … Continue reading
No win no fee – one way to clean up asset management
I met yesterday with a Swiss firm whose business is to reduce the investment costs for large investors (typically with €500m +). The model is simple, no retainer – they receive 50% of the savings from their work. They are a … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Change, corporate governance, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, de-risking, Fred Goodwin, FSA, Management, napf, pension playpen, pensions, RBS, redington, Retirement, twitter
Tagged Asset management, Business, Financial Services Authority, Funds, Investing, Investment management, Securities lending, Switzerland
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Britain’s Premier Equine Investment Conference
Thoughts turn to Cheltenham. The Pension Play Pen will decamp there after work this evening . Continue reading
When pensions de-mutualise
When you take the mutuality out of pensions , you take good pensions out of mutuals. Continue reading
Tomorrow’s problems today..the OFT on pensions
Answers on an e-postcard to http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/markets-work/pensions Continue reading