Monthly Archives: May 2019

Championing better funds – well done Chris Sier

Posted on May 17, 2019 by henry tapper

And last but by no means least our 2019 industry champions are … #PIPA2019 @SierChris @margaretsnowdon pic.twitter.com/ImeRIye3Tr — Pensions Expert (@pensions_expert) May 15, 2019 It’s good to see Chris get this award and see him in his kilt Congratulations to … Continue reading →

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Roll up – roll up – for the greatest DC show on earth

Posted on May 16, 2019 by henry tapper

Apply For a Delegate Pass I’m helping organise and sponsoring this great event and I want as many of my readers to attend as possible. So you can join great people like these Discussing an agenda that is as fine … Continue reading →

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Financial crime – can we stand idly by?

Posted on May 16, 2019 by henry tapper

  Below’s some correspondence with a senior person in the FCA. Message sent Wednesday April 23d Hi XXX Following on from your recent talk at the MM event, I’m bringing this to your attention https://henrytapper.com/2019/04/23/the-bitcoin-scam-thats-on-your-feeds-today/ This is an unregulated investment … Continue reading →

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Pensions are boring – investments are not

Posted on May 15, 2019 by henry tapper

My son and I had a working lunch with Newton Investment Management yesterday and very instructive that lunch was. Olly said to me afterwards that the only way he (as a 21 year old first jobber) could get interested by … Continue reading →

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No meat in the pie! Investment pathways

Posted on May 14, 2019 by henry tapper

Yesterday’s pension play pen lunch brought together a small but enthusiastic group of us to discuss whether the FCA’s planned in retirement investment pathways, would bridge the advice gap identified by FAMR and the Retirement Outcomes Review. If that sounds … Continue reading →

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Finding “gone-aways” ; pension providers £20bn lost-pot problem

Posted on May 13, 2019 by henry tapper

The curse of pot proliferation The Observer ran a good piece on the £20bn the PPI  estimate is lost pension money. The ABI put this figure at £19.4bn but with these macro stats, both estimates are close enough to give … Continue reading →

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Towards a new pension funding code

Posted on May 13, 2019 by henry tapper

  On Thursday, David Fairs, head of policy at the Pensions Regulator delivered a keynote speech to 200 or so delegates at the First Actuarial client conference. He did so a couple of hours after publishing a blog which has … Continue reading →

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How glorious to be English!

Posted on May 12, 2019 by henry tapper

  I am sitting aboard Lady Lucy in the millpond at Hurley awaiting today’s guests. The sun is shining and there is only the slightest of breeze. Coots are nest-building and swans glide past me hoping that I will feed … Continue reading →

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So what the f**k is pentech?

Posted on May 11, 2019 by henry tapper

People often ask me what the f*ck is “Pentech”. Well they don’t really – I ask myself that and then imagine that everyone is asking the same question. But as people continue to follow and maybe read my blog, I … Continue reading →

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First Actuarial’s client conference in tweets

Posted on May 10, 2019 by henry tapper

First Actuarial had its first client conference yesterday, if you weren’t there, it’s probably  because you aren’t a client. Make sure that doesn’t happen again next year! Here’s what you got/missed Hi Mark Riches introduces First Actuarial’s first client conference … Continue reading →

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