Monthly Archives: May 2024

Bim full of angst, on the market floor.

Posted on May 16, 2024 by henry tapper

Bim’s speech yesterday lunchtime was so widely reported in the trade press yesterday morning, I’m surprised anyone bothered turning up. You can watch him here Bim Afolami wants a “capital renaissance” so that capital locked up in our pension schemes … Continue reading →

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We want our Royal Mail delivering parcels post and pensions

Posted on May 16, 2024 by henry tapper

As the Times pithily puts in “this time the Czech really is in the post”. At a recent CDC event , DWP told us we could expect to see Royal Mail’s CDC scheme in operation this year. After 6 years … Continue reading →

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If this is Madness, then I’m filled with gladness

Posted on May 15, 2024 by henry tapper

I had the good fortune to pick up some tickets for Madness’ secret gig down in Kingston at the Prizm club and went down after work with my mate Rob and my son. We had a cracking night – going … Continue reading →

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Stephen Timms asks “where are pensions going?”

Posted on May 15, 2024 by henry tapper

  In an innovative, interesting and informative session of DG publishing’s  DC Strategic Summit (2024), Stephen Timms delivered a keynote by way of a Q&A with Darren and Nico which will be published as their weekly podcast. Although steeped in … Continue reading →

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The potted history of Nest (Damian Stancombe)

Posted on May 15, 2024 by henry tapper

Damian Stancombe, a charming and affable cotemporary of mine, has reposted a 2015 article that asks whether Nest should be nationalised- “Nest pot or crack pot” It’s helpful to look back on the past and learn. Damian’s article is prescient. … Continue reading →

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Tom McPhail – will pensions under Labour mean a lifetime pension?

Posted on May 14, 2024 by henry tapper

  Steve Goddard’s secured Pension PlayPen’s playmate of the decade, gorgeous Tom McPhail, for Tuesday’s session. Tom is poking his head into the lion’s mouth today. Labour politics is high on the agenda of our regular audience while we have … Continue reading →

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A lot of things are “easier than pensions” – but they don’t pay the bills

Posted on May 14, 2024 by henry tapper

Electric cars are a hot company perk and the CIPD’s Charles Cotton points out in the FT that it’s easier to sell a job on a new motor than security in later life. This is especially true, if that security … Continue reading →

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Charities and pensioners do not support freehold feudalism

Posted on May 14, 2024 by henry tapper

Norma Cohen Honorary Research Fellow at Queen Mary University There is ZERO evidence that pension funds and charities hold any significant stake in Ground Rent income. In fact, the opposite is the case. According to their own trade body, the … Continue reading →

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Australians don’t get pensions do they?

Posted on May 13, 2024 by henry tapper

I was out with my old University buddies last night, two had emigrated to Sidney Australia and were asking me what to do about retirement. They both had DB pensions in the UK and were members of Super schemes in … Continue reading →

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BP, Shell , Hewlett Packard – Parliament is watching the way you treat your pensioners.

Posted on May 13, 2024 by henry tapper

Thanks to Alistair Carmichael, MP for the Shetlands and the Orkneys (a BP heartland) for securing a 90 minute debate on private pensions. Despite an attempt late in the debate to hi-jack the debate by Therese Coffey, this was not … Continue reading →

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