Monthly Archives: October 2020

The Monthly medical update from COVID-10.arg

Posted on October 31, 2020 by henry tapper

                                                COVID-ARG.COM Monthly medical update – Issue 4 30 October 2020 By Nicola Oliver and Dan Ryan … Continue reading →

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Why is Pension Consolidation flavor of the month?

Posted on October 31, 2020 by henry tapper

Yesterday (October 30th), the Government closed its consultation on improving member outcomes. It called for small workplace pensions to fold into bigger ones and by consolidating , deliver better outcomes for their members. Pension consolidation is so politically correct it’s … Continue reading →

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Wear a poppy and do yourself a favour

Posted on October 30, 2020 by henry tapper

Keeping standards in the days of Zoom pic.twitter.com/0xtBJKLsvC — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) October 30, 2020 This year, the sales of poppies will be down, which is bad for the Royal British Legion but I suspect also bad for national morale. … Continue reading →

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Who pays for us doing nothing? Pension schemes and the poor!

Posted on October 30, 2020 by henry tapper

Crikey, that’s some chart. But, what does it mean for future of credit etc? 1. Those who are attractive to lend to don’t need or want credit 2. Those who need credit most are not attractive to lend to. This … Continue reading →

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People’s Pension give green light to default saving

Posted on October 29, 2020 by henry tapper

Click to access Workplace-defaults-better-member-outcomes_FINAL-.pdf

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“Consumers aren’t fools” – dashboards and vaccines

Posted on October 29, 2020 by henry tapper

“Consumers aren’t fools,” – Romi Savova (Pension Bee ) Reading the responses to the Pension Dashboard Programme’s consultation on the data standards employed to give us a view of our pensions, you might think otherwise. People are so dumb… Whilst … Continue reading →

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The risks of social isolation (Matthew Edwards)

Posted on October 28, 2020 by henry tapper

  COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence.                                            Covid-arg.com Summary Responses to the pandemic continue to involve … Continue reading →

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Australia gets tough on DC funds and so should we

Posted on October 28, 2020 by henry tapper

Australia is facing up to some tough questions and it is asking the questions we need to ask. For example, should we assume that all ESG investments  a good thing, or are some more beneficial to pension savers than others? … Continue reading →

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Hospital Admissions Statistics – A fair representation of the true position?

Posted on October 27, 2020 by henry tapper

    COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-arg.com Introduction The UK Government provides, as part of its coronavirus dashboard, daily information on hospital admissions where the patient has tested positive for COVID-19. We believe this measure … Continue reading →

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The heavens open on tPR and DWP’s DB plans

Posted on October 27, 2020 by henry tapper

As predicted in my recent blog , the heavens have opened and the Government’s plans for a new DB funding code and powers to the Regulator to make it stick are at risk of being deluged by industry criticism. Not … Continue reading →

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