Monthly Archives: April 2025

Beyond “gilts +DB” to sustainably funded shared ambition pensions

Posted on April 17, 2025 by henry tapper

I am writing on a subject that is not yet popular but will become increasingly more important as the spring and summer come on. Necessarily Britain has to return to pensions and that means reviewing what large DC pensions do … Continue reading →

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He ain’t heavy – he’s my brother

Posted on April 16, 2025 by henry tapper

When you are down , you think that everything is bad. I showed this picture to a man my age who is an alcoholic and in hospital to get over his trouble. Sometimes, when things look rather daunting as they … Continue reading →

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A Shared Ambition Pension Scheme; a Chair of Trustees operating one all century.

Posted on April 16, 2025 by henry tapper

I am very proud to call Peter Cameron Brown a friend and proud to give free airing to his amazing work, knowledge and his capacity to get it across! Here he is You can follow his slides from yesterday’s presentation … Continue reading →

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Peter Cameron Brown will make a lot of pensioners happy this morning

Posted on April 15, 2025 by henry tapper

Coffee Morning – Shared Ambition DB Schemes – Is now the time to re-open? Should employers relaunch in 2025 CPD included Type Online When April 15, 2025 10:30 am London You are cordially invited to attend our next online event … Continue reading →

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Big clubs and big pensions are winners – but we don’t all support them!

Posted on April 15, 2025 by henry tapper

My generation is reaching the end of pension politics. Mark Rowlands was my Friends Provident broker consultant when I was at Gissings in the early 1990s. He’s hanging up his clogs for the final time shortly having eked out his … Continue reading →

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Taking the p*** ;taking a view on the City

Posted on April 15, 2025 by henry tapper

On Sunday, at 3pm, having spent five years trying to get a conversation with 111, I was sent across town to University College Hospital which is either the top of the West End or the bottom of Camden. Readers, let … Continue reading →

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British Steel Scunthorpe must stay open

Posted on April 13, 2025 by henry tapper

Thanks Al. I too wish the Scunthorpe plant good prospects. The conversation on the BBC on Sunday morning with Jonathan Reynolds suggest that they are bringing this matter to the climax that is coming. The furnace cannot close or it … Continue reading →

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How a scientist and artist compete at golf

Posted on April 13, 2025 by henry tapper

I stayed up into early this morning (something I rarely do) to watch Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau play each other to a sparkling Saturday conclusion Can it be that good tonight? Can we see two expressions of golf that … Continue reading →

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Canada and Denmark have their own views of how to invest their pensions.

Posted on April 13, 2025 by henry tapper

Free trade causes a virtuous circle in the long run between world trade and world GDP. Trade boosts GDP, which in turn spurs trade; and so on. The new equilibrium of the virtuous circle is captured by the long run … Continue reading →

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Differences in Longevity Perceptions and Financial Decision-Making

Posted on April 12, 2025 by henry tapper

Understanding how long people think they will live can provide insight into how they make financial decisions, particularly regarding retirement savings and spending habits. In our recent study for the Pension Research Council, we shed light on how subjective longevity beliefs vary across … Continue reading →

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