Monthly Archives: May 2024

Michelle Ostermann – the PPF’s new CEO

Posted on May 13, 2024 by henry tapper

Here is how the PPF’s new CEO , Michelle Ostermann introduces herself on Linked in. I have over 30 years of pension investment and senior leadership experience. I am currently the CEO of the Pension Protection Fund and Chair of … Continue reading →

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Terry Pullinger relights the fire at the IFOA

Posted on May 13, 2024 by henry tapper

  I turned up at the Institute of Actuary’s Hall with little expectation of hearing anything new on CDC. Along with my friends Edi Truell and Derek Benstead, I listened to a number of experts saying the same things as … Continue reading →

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Should the FCA alert the public to advisors they suspect of fraud?

Posted on May 12, 2024 by henry tapper

Henry Tapper’s response to FCA’s CP24/2. I have been recently authorised by the FCA as a SMF1 and 3, have run my own firm and been authorised by the FSA and numerous predecessors since A Day in 1987. I have … Continue reading →

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A “fourth way and a fifth way for pensions” – the Pullinger buzz!

Posted on May 12, 2024 by henry tapper

I reference Terry Pullinger’s dramatic address to the IFoA on Friday in which he called for the room to buzz with “fourth ways and fifth ways” for pensions. Terry was referring to ways of re-imagining DB with a light touch … Continue reading →

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Paying better pensions when you can!

Posted on May 12, 2024 by henry tapper

Martin Freeman is a long-time friend so I’m loathe to call him on pension issues but I’d like him to look at this photo and ask him what he sees. Is he looking at a group of over-privileged pensioners eager … Continue reading →

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Tom McPhail puts his head in the lion’s mouth

Posted on May 11, 2024 by henry tapper

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

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5 years in – NAO tells DWP “MaPS don’t know what they’re doing”.

Posted on May 11, 2024 by henry tapper

The pension dashboard project is under scrutiny from the National Audit Office in a report published yesterday, the essence of which is produced in the video at the bottom of the blog. If you want to read the full or … Continue reading →

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Terry Pullinger relights the fire at the IFOA

Posted on May 11, 2024 by henry tapper

  I turned up at the Institute of Actuary’s Hall with little expectation of hearing anything new on CDC. Along with my friends Edi Truell and Derek Benstead, I listened to a number of experts saying the same things as … Continue reading →

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CDC – what can it deliver? I’m at the IFOA today to find out.

Posted on May 10, 2024 by henry tapper

  I’m off to the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries this morning with certain friends to find out about the state of play for CDC in the UK. As readers know, I am a long-time fan of the aims of … Continue reading →

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Dashboards – just do them!

Posted on May 10, 2024 by henry tapper

Due to my being a “devil” on a conference on innovation , I wasn’t able to attend the pension dashboard forum on May 1st and I’m grateful that they have shared the slides of the day with me as if … Continue reading →

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