Monthly Archives: May 2024

Sunak may not like pensioners but he has to care about them

Posted on May 20, 2024 by henry tapper

‘Why do you hate pensioners?’ @loosewomen panellist Janet Street Porter asks the PM, saying ‘pensioners have come out worse under the Tories’@RishiSunak insists ‘I care deeply about pensioners’ pic.twitter.com/8xZBOreFXO — ITV News Politics (@ITVNewsPolitics) May 16, 2024 Janet Street-Porter is … Continue reading →

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The accidental death of a president

Posted on May 20, 2024 by henry tapper

  President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others are confirmed to have been killed in Sunday’s helicopter crash in north-western Iran, state TV says. The accidental death of the President of Iran and of much of his … Continue reading →

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Cheer up Ambery! Oh what can it be!

Posted on May 19, 2024 by henry tapper

My good buddy Mike Ambery has now taken to what looks like a regular weekend podcast which is deliciously short , pithy and relevant. All we need from the man is a smile. Not since the lugubrious Jamie Jenkins has … Continue reading →

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DC schemes consolidation’s going fine – 100 schemes make the difference

Posted on May 19, 2024 by henry tapper

  When Dr Beaching cut thousands of miles of our rail network, he was thinking of a different world – where cars would take us on the journeys that public transport then offered. He was right, the rise of car … Continue reading →

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The Great Escape to tomorrow

Posted on May 19, 2024 by henry tapper

Loved the Great Escape- 10 years late but better late than never- thanks ⁦@glesgabrighton⁩ pic.twitter.com/og9RdkSnWQ — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) May 19, 2024 At the suggestion of various friends, I’d purchase last year a ticket to a three day music festival … Continue reading →

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When things go wrong…lessons in railcare

Posted on May 18, 2024 by henry tapper

I am on a train, like 95% of the trains I take, it is working brilliantly. From time to time things go badly. Sadly railway companies are remembered for the 5% of screwups. Screw ups happen. Last week a signal … Continue reading →

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McPhail on Labour’s pension dilemma (and details for next Tuesday).

Posted on May 18, 2024 by henry tapper

For those not able to see Tom McPhail’s excellent presentation on Labour’s pension dilemmas, here it is. Sadly I had to drop out half-way through and I’m glad to see that Tom not only presented but self-chaired with his usual … Continue reading →

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Thames Water shareholders write down to zero, how did it come to this?

Posted on May 18, 2024 by henry tapper

This week, we heard that Pension Fund OMERS, which owns 31% of Thames Water has written the value of this holding to £ zero. We expect other shareholders including the UK’s USS pension scheme  which owns c 20% – to … Continue reading →

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ESG Transparency – is why I support these league tables

Posted on May 17, 2024 by henry tapper

It’s been two months since Corporate Adviser produced its “ESG in DC” report with its league table of workplace pension providers’s carbon footprints. The FT choose to write about the reaction of the providers to the league table produced by … Continue reading →

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Happy days for Standard Life

Posted on May 17, 2024 by henry tapper

I spent an afternoon with Standard Life yesterday learning about its mastertrust and developments in its employer and employee facing proposition. The pleasure of the day was marked by meeting two old friends, David John – a Virginian who looks … Continue reading →

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