Monthly Archives: April 2013

Everybody need standards

Posted on April 13, 2013 by henry tapper

Pensions should be as easy to buy as a can of baked beans Continue reading →

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Starting a company

Posted on April 12, 2013 by henry tapper

Thanks to twitter and in particular Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC’s ace technology commentator for finding this piece . Rory talks of the “constant, daily upheaval of emotions” of anyone who starts a company Millions of people start companies and few … Continue reading →

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“This Monty Python – is he one of ours?”

Posted on April 11, 2013 by henry tapper

There hasn’t been much of the Thatcher tribute Tsunami that I’ll remember, the eulogies are self-serving, the future’s more interesting than the past. But the story of the speech writer trying to explain the “dead parrot” sketch to Thatcher is … Continue reading →

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PlayPen votes for target date funds in action-packed lunch

Posted on April 8, 2013 by henry tapper

In one of the noisiest and most passionate lunches we’ve ever had the playpen voted 15-7-3 for TDFs vLifestyle with 3 spoilt votes from the “we don’t do default” gang. This was a lunch where we were pretty well split between … Continue reading →

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“Cynicism’s” trending on #pensions

Posted on April 8, 2013 by henry tapper

I’m cynical about cynics – but in a nice way Continue reading →

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And why these “employer duties”?

Posted on April 7, 2013 by henry tapper

Employers do not have fourty year business plans but employees do. We call those plans “careers”. Continue reading →

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Jack the Jouneyman; PlayPen nag up for the craic!

Posted on April 6, 2013 by henry tapper

Thanks to Eamonn O’Connor, JLT’s top man and our good friend for leasing us his horse. Continue reading →

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Would you take your chance on a mastertrust?

Posted on April 6, 2013 by henry tapper

It’s called proper choice and I’m all for GPPs and mastertrusts squaring up to each other and having the argument Continue reading →

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Footie chants – malicious or otherwise

Posted on April 4, 2013 by henry tapper

let’s give ourselves a round of applause and not inflame any more bonfires. Continue reading →

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