Monthly Archives: April 2025

Learn from John Donne you foolish Easter podsters!

There is an importance to Easter that goes back  2000 years , it is a festival of Christianity and I was rather hoping to find the VFM podcast thinking a little about it. The recording was on Maundy Thursday; I … Continue reading →

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A blog in praise for what is done to #FixSocialCare

Thanks Johnny. I would like to find some balance where in the early part of my later age I can help #FixSocialCare in the hope that in the later years care will be fixed for me. This is not a … Continue reading →

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The menace of BRITE to our pensions

A few months ago , I started an article on Brite Advisors, a firm that was becoming notorious for losing people money. I stopped writing the article but I didn’t forget about Brite. A few days ago, my correspondent in … Continue reading →

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Are letters of authority working for advisers and their clients?

Coffee Morning – Pension LAB update on Letter of Authority campaign + launch of their LOA Performance Index  CPD included Online When April 22, 2025 10:30 am London You are cordially invited to attend our next event, in conversation with … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter Saturday to readers; – thanks Vicci and Jimpy

A response to Widening our Methodist family in Windsor jimpy6365 says: April 19, 2025 at 7.32 Amen Vicci, and don’t forget the Hot Cross Bun. For our service of Easter Praise with Holy Communion this morning – The Interesting Story of … Continue reading →

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A blog in praise of Peter Cameron-Brown and those who work with him.

I would apologise  for embarrassing Peter Cameron-Brown, if I felt I was over-praising him. But his comment on my blog in praise of what he stands for has not been taken down! Peter is a personal hero and his work … Continue reading →

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Widening our Methodist family in Windsor

I don’t know Rev’d Vicci but I can say she plays the piano well , reads well and sings like an angel. Today my partner and I went to a Good Friday service of hymns/songs and readings and it was … Continue reading →

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An American looking for something to do with 401K DC plans!

The Americans are turned off “pensions” and onto 401Ks by Motley Fool and their like You can see why wealth managers prefer 401K and why “pensions” are seen as bad news Benefit Jack But there are some people in the … Continue reading →

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A personal view of UK pensions – before the storm

The situation for development of pensions today (April 18th) is expectant but not active. We await the publication of a Pension Bill by our Minister and his DWP, this is some time to come in the next month and while … Continue reading →

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Another big thanks to the NHS and UCL!

I had thought that getting rid of hemorrhoids would be a matter of employing skilled consultants and anaesthetists in a well managed hospital. That can be achieved using our private services and I have enough money saved to pay the … Continue reading →

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