Monthly Archives: December 2020
Bitcoin is the currency of the wild web
Er – you can use Bitcoin to buy drugs on the dark web (apparently)https://t.co/GRStck7EST — Peter Crowley (@SmoothRegulator) December 26, 2020 Peter Crowley is right to make the connection. Bitcoin is the currency of the dark web and it’s used … Continue reading
Shane MacGowan , Jesus Christ and the Irish Condition
Shane MacGowan, the lead singer for the Pogues, celebrated his birthday on Christmas day. I liked this confused tweet on an Irish expat website Happy 63rd birthday to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan! https://t.co/E49aptu8xZ #shanemacgowan #music #Irish — IrishCentral (@IrishCentral) December … Continue reading
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Tagged Fairytale of New York, pogue mahone, Pogues, shane macgowan
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With Christmas in our hearts we can change everything!
Waking up to Christmas by radio 5’s Liz Bonnan and a podcast that has been searing my soul, I realised two things had changed. Firstly, my world – I was listening from London not my mother’s house – where … Continue reading
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Tagged 1% world, Age, Christmas, david attenborough, Joy to the world, planet
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TPR busts Audax and its trustee – slow but sure turn the wheels of justice!
Over four and a half years after I smelled a pension rat, I am pleased to see that the Pensions Regulator has issued a determination that puts an end to the dodgy practices surrounding the Audax Pension Scheme. I blew … Continue reading
Write from your heart not to get read – and you’ll get read!
This blog does not indulge in maudlin retrospection and I am not about to publish a list of the my top 20 blogs of the year. I write for me and not my readership and though I’m very grateful … Continue reading
Watch and share – because where your pension invests – matters!
The video is worth watching but more than that – it is worth sharing. It is latest (and at 65 seconds- the shortest) feature film of Richard Curtis’ career and it should be embedded into every ESG focused website aspiring … Continue reading
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Tagged ESG, investments, Make My Money Matter, Pensions, richard curtis
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The death of Sir John Hills; the “quiet man” of the Pension Commission
The death has been reported of Sir John Hills, this is a sad loss. John Hills was a professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Co-Director of the new International Inequalities Institute, and … Continue reading
Mutant Covid- a tale of two variants.
By Louis Rossouw, FIA, FASSA COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. … Continue reading
Mick McAteer on how consumers can re-craft the FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority is under extreme pressure to reform itself following inquiries on its management of the LCF and Connaught failures. In response, respected consumerist Mick McAteer concluded a lengthy thread on Twitter… parliament should now be considering whether … Continue reading
Do we retire when we lose the will to innovate? – a provocative blog by Maarten Ectors
This blog is by Maarten Ectors who writes as Chief Innovation Officer at Legal & General. As someone who could (some would say “should”) retire, I find his comments energizing and his final sentence the best incentive to innovate I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, Innovation, innovation index, IT, L&G, Maarten Ectors, Retirement
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