Monthly Archives: June 2016
We need better buying – not smarter selling #TransparencyTF
On top of Unison’s mighty Euston Rd tower block, took place the 3rd Transparency Symposium and every bit as good as it was as Symposium #1 and #2. Days of talks often crystallise around one key insight. To me this … Continue reading
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Too saucy with the gods….the day of reckoning is upon us!
Note; this blog was written before I voted – I had a bad feeling then and nothing since has changed that feeling. On the night Cassius and the conspirators are plotting to murder Caesar, thunder and lightning shake the … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Shakespeare
Tagged Brexit, Cameron, Julius Caesar, Leave, referendym, Remain, Shaekspeare, vote
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SMEs pay for pension advice -but not to IFAs
One of the oddest aspects of auto-enrolment is the disappearance of the IFA. There are exceptions of course but when it comes to the core enterprise of the IFA, advising , implementing and nurturing workplace pensions, the IFA is nowhere … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, FCA, financial advisor, IFA, pensions, Retirement, TPR, Wealth, wealth management
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The still small voice of the (BHS) pensioner
I think back now to the people with whom I worked in BHS – by and large decent and hard-working folk, who had little prospect of ever being well-off unless they won the lottery or their Premium Bond came … Continue reading
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Tagged BHS, Business, Chris Martin, Dominic Chappell, Elijah, Employment, pension, pensions, Philip Green, Retirement, Shop, Still small voice
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Don’t tell me “this feels momentous”
Does this feel momentous to you? If we remain in the EU, as the bookies tell us we will, we will be where we were before this sad sorry saga began, with diminished credibility. If we leave, we will be … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Business, Cameron, Employment, Jo Cox, Leadership, Leave, pensions, Remain, Retirement
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Lady Lucy is back and looking for crew!
Well here she is, revarnished, redecked and repainted. After a spring long refit Lady Lucy is back on the river and after trials today, will be ready for a first outing next weekend. It your idea of heaven is floating … Continue reading
Posted in Lady Lucy, pensions
Tagged Henley, Hurley, Lady Luch, Peter Freebody, Thames
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Will the transparency Zeitgeist pervade the FCA?
The Financial Times is reporting that the Association of Member Nominated Trustees are ready to exercise muscle to get to the bottom of what we are paying for charges. This is really good news ; but before we get too … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, pensions
Tagged AMNT, FCA, ft, fund managers, jo cumbo, novarca, pensions, State Street, Transparency, Transparency Task Force, Zeitgeist
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Finding our Social Purpose
I have been troubled by bad dreams since I heard of the death of Jo Cox, I did not know here , I did not know of her, her life and mine were never likely to have crossed paths. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Cox, Business, Diversity, Financial services, Jo Cox, Racism, Retirement, social purpose, Society
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Ladies Day – Royal Ascot – Proud to be British!
I have in the past poo-pooed Royal Ascot – something I am not proud of. Thanks to a lucky dip win at a raffle, Stella- my partner- had two hospitality tickets for the Thursday of this year’s meeting and we … Continue reading
Posted in Henry Tapper blog, Horse racing, pensions
Tagged Ascot, Ladies Day, Royal Ascot, Stella, Stella Eastwood, the Queen
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Please vote – out of respect.
If you read no other article this weekend, read this by the Fleet Street Fox. It says what I was trying to say in an amateurish way yesterday, it talks of Jo Cox’s death as a wake-up call to those of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Cox, Brexit, Employment, EU, Jo Cox, MP, pensions, Referendum, Remain, Retirement, Society, vote
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