Monthly Archives: December 2023
Why United will be the better for Ratcliffe
Jim Ratcliffe has delivered the news of his agreement with the Glaziers as a Christmas present to the fans. Many fans will be disappointed that the Glaziers retain overall control of the club, but as a can’t be bothered Yeovil … Continue reading
ESG – the tough second album
I’ve read a lots about ESG over the past few months and particularly the last couple of weeks. The general theme is gloomy. We don’t get that ESG is making a difference and we are wondering whether the whole … Continue reading
Christmas – a tougher job than we think!
I am trying to understand what makes Christmas special and I think it’s different from other times of the year as a few days when we aren’t supposed to do any work. I actually find myself guilty of wanting … Continue reading
Scrooge or Santa? BP’s 12 days of Christmas
Lesley M.Lesley M. • 2nd • 2ndRetired from BPRetired Have you been following the the BP pensioner’s’12 days of Christmas’ campaign? Please visit them if you have missed any, add your own thoughts and share with your networks. The links … Continue reading
Australians ask “Has the UK been successful with digital advice?”
It is sometimes salutary to read the thoughts of Australians on the UK. They address complex ideas simply and their view of the UK is rarely “rose tinted”. In a recent article, Laura Dew, a British journalist living in … Continue reading
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Christmas isn’t cancelled – especially in Bethlehem
I’m told they have cancelled Christmas in Bethlehem. But what is being called off in Bethlehem is an experience of Christmas , not the thing itself. The nativity scene we have got used to is the kind of graven image … Continue reading
Edi Truell’s super plan
I came across this article in an obscure (to me) publication called the Drawdown, it’s by Silvia Saccardi and was published on 26 October 2023. The Drawdown is clearly a well known publication in private equity circles, circles I sadly don’t spend … Continue reading
Riots in the courts of Fleet Street
I fled the City yesterday evening , heading for the little town of Shaftesbury ( how still we see thee lie). Just as well , as I was leaving behind me a heaving cauldron of social discontent that extended from … Continue reading
“The Government has no money to spend of its own”.
In my last post, I looked at the incredible good news, almost completely ignored by the public, that the funding crisis in defined benefit pension schemes has been solved. This has policy consequences. Vast sums of money, hundreds of billions … Continue reading
“Pension’s funding crisis has been solved”.
My first boss, a remarkable woman called Belinda Benney, often used to say to me that when we talk about pensions, people think old, they think grey, they think dull. But if each time you replace the word “pensions” with … Continue reading