Monthly Archives: March 2024
England – great sides don’t do that!
Why do great sides never lose in the last minute? The answer is simple, “great” sides are winners and much as I dislike the reliance on braun rather than brain that characterises South Africa and France at the moment, they … Continue reading
Can’t pensions clean our water and clear our waterways?
Water is everywhere, as I write the Thames is flowing fast down to Romney Weir and beyond. Yesterday as we walked to Arbor Park, we passed the terminus of the Slough extension of the Grand Union Canal, the water in … Continue reading
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Tagged Canal and River Trust, Chris Weston, Edi Truell, Pensions, Richard Parry, Thames Water
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Labour’s private equity tax puzzler
It’s a rich person’s problem how to minimise tax. Private Equity managers are rich and they stay rich by managing their tax affairs, as they are entitled to , by using non-dom tax concessions and having their revenue taxed as … Continue reading
Brighton Watchdogs 5 – Croydon Lifeboats 3.
I have never encountered a lifeboat in Croydon and Brighton has always seemed too much fun to need watchdogs, but I’m delighted to see that the PPF and TPR have had their football teams dubbed so by the Professional Pensions … Continue reading
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The tricky thing about disruption.
The tricky thing about disruption is that it makes for so many awkward conversations. This week , we’ve been struggling to get some currency behind the concept of a Pension SuperHaven. It is a pension scheme that offers those who … Continue reading
David Robbins on the budget – as good as it gets for pension folk
No comment needed – an hour of excellence – thanks David
“BREAKING NEWS ; Govt. confirms DB pensions are affordable after all” – Jnamdoc
Rant from Jnamdoc. There is nothing like a Jnamdoc rant and this blog got one on Wednesday with this great comment on “what are Labour going to do about Pensions?”. It is worth a blog of its own, I don’t … Continue reading
Is Labour closer to Conservative than Union pension policy?
Much as both the Unions and the Labour Shadow Front Bench would like the answer to that question to be “yes”, it is infact “no”. The Trade Unions are pursuing a public sector agenda that focusses on LGPS, … Continue reading
Cheltenham on the small screen
My Cheltenham this week has consisted of sneakily watching and listening to races on my phone and with my buds as Zoom calls, panel sessions and keynote speeches pass me by. Since I have had no time to study form, … Continue reading
Truell and Tapper launch a pension restitution scheme for steelworkers
Pension SuperHaven is pleased to announce its formal launch as an Occupational Pension Scheme. The Pension SuperHaven Trustees look forward to accepting transfers in from individuals’ pension pots, offering scheme members the safety, security and good governance which they require … Continue reading
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Tagged Pension Superfund, Pension Superhaven, Pensions, Tapper, truell
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