Monthly Archives: November 2018

“Would you pay a social care premium?”

Posted on November 12, 2018 by henry tapper

This was the question Radio Five Live’s Wake up to Money asked its audience this Monday morning. 2.5% off wages for the prospect of insurance against things going really wrong with your health in later life? The idea is being trailed … Continue reading →

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A day to remember #Armistice100

Posted on November 11, 2018 by henry tapper

It is 100 years since the Great War ended. It is a Sunday and my church will start the morning service 15 minutes only so we can stand in silence together and remember. There is nothing good to remember about … Continue reading →

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Find out what AgeWage is about.

Posted on November 10, 2018 by henry tapper

Register here AgeWage is a new venture established by Chris Sier and Henry Tapper. We are in the process of raising a substantial amount of capital to create a business which we expect to change the way people understand their retirement … Continue reading →

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More fun and games in the crazy world of pension transfers

Posted on November 10, 2018 by henry tapper

It didn’t take long for the ripples from the Lloyds Bank GMP equalisation ruling  to reach the crazy land of pension transfers.  Within a few days of the Judge Morgan’s verdict we hear that thousands of people are having their pension transfers delayed … Continue reading →

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GMP equalisation – accounting issues – First Actuarial – webinar invite!

Posted on November 9, 2018 by henry tapper

First Actuarial are able to explain this GMP equalisation thing and the implications for pension (and company) accounting. Having done a webinar or two with “Sam and Jingoe”- I’d say this will be time well spent! Here’s your invite! Our … Continue reading →

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First Actuarial celebrates its special day

Posted on November 9, 2018 by henry tapper

Once a year, everyone at First Actuarial comes together in one place to work and play for a day. This is the day. Most of us choose where we want to work and if we don’t like it, we go … Continue reading →

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A good week for transparency

Posted on November 8, 2018 by henry tapper

It’s been a good week for transparency, with the FCA’s publication of the IDWG’s final report.  Chris Sier and his team have created the opportunity for investors to properly understand the total cost of intermediation when buying assets through a … Continue reading →

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The CDC Consultation – a step towards sanity!

Posted on November 7, 2018 by henry tapper

That we have a consultation on CDC is something of a wonder. Almost a year ago to the day I asked Steve Webb in front of a roomful of my colleagues what chance we had of seeing CDC achieved in … Continue reading →

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Dashboard-smashboard ; we’re done with you!

Posted on November 6, 2018 by henry tapper

The Pension Play Pen met this lunchtime and we’ve decided to ban the word dashboard from our lexicon of pension bull. “Dashboard” is old hat lingo – implying a steering wheel and all kinds of stuff that people aren’t ready … Continue reading →

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Pension ages are equal – but some pensions are more equal than others!

Posted on November 6, 2018 by henry tapper

  A strange kind of pension equality Women are planning to work ten years longer than they’d originally supposed according to a Dunstan Thomas survey. “Austerity in Action” – Adrian Boulding calls it. Women don’t just seem less pensioned , … Continue reading →

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