Monthly Archives: December 2025

Blockchain to administrate- yes; crypto to pay my pension – “?”

Posted on December 18, 2025 by henry tapper

I got a message from Jo Cumbo for my comment on the use of Crypto as an investment to fund pensions yesterday. I couldn’t comment, because I don’t have the capacity to get to terms with it and because there … Continue reading →

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What’s going on with Booby and Richard and “Bec from downstairs”?

Posted on December 18, 2025 by henry tapper

First there was this.. Then there was this It turns out there is a link on linked in to a survey of your activity during the year. I took it. This is what it told me.. Well I assume that … Continue reading →

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Council tax increases – YES in my back yards!

Posted on December 18, 2025 by henry tapper

Let me be open, I have a place in the “City of London” and my partner has a place in Eton which is part of “Windsor and Maidenhead”. Here is the news I am waking up to! It turns out … Continue reading →

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Thanks to DWP a multi-employer CDC plan was made final this week.

Posted on December 17, 2025 by henry tapper

I have been told by the DWP that the CDC Unconnected Multi-Employer (UMES) Regulations have been approved by both Houses of Parliament and were formally made (I.E. signed by the minister) yesterday and will come into effect at the end … Continue reading →

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Innovators ; so much for yesterday – what of tomorrow?

Posted on December 17, 2025 by henry tapper

I have reprinted the links to the video and slides from John Hamilton’s presentation yesterday. It is a mark of the interest the Stagecoach/Aberdeen (SASA) deal has had that the blogs surrounding John Hamilton’s appearance have had enormous interest. But … Continue reading →

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“Yet to buyers” and “propertied pensioners”; we should have the spaces we need

Posted on December 17, 2025 by henry tapper

Martin Arnold brings the pensioner together with the first time buyer in this fascinating article. He is talking in the FT about the work of the FCA, an organisation that is really getting its act together. It [FCA] also plans … Continue reading →

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Strata creates Australian property micro-states and teaches the UK lessons!

Posted on December 17, 2025 by henry tapper

Last night, I sat and listened to Michael Teys . He talked to us of how Australian’s European founders rejected the UK system of freehold and have built in the past 250 years a system that has much to teach … Continue reading →

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I wouldn’t give my pension to Americans who don’t care about the climate

Posted on December 17, 2025 by henry tapper

I  am pleased to see that Dutch pension funds are no longer putting their money with BlackRock now it’s retreated from voting on climate change. Well done Mary McDougall & Co for bringing our attention to it.` The PME group, … Continue reading →

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SASA – (Stagecoach Aberdeen Scheme Adoption) – the video and deck

Posted on December 16, 2025 by henry tapper

If you missed this  coffee morning presentation from John , you are in luck. It’s with you below, with a download if you want to share it – here. If you want to see the slides they are below and … Continue reading →

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How our pensions are thought of and debated by those who represent us

Posted on December 16, 2025 by henry tapper

How pensions are treated in parliament is set out admirably by William Wright. I cannot remember intensity of debate on pensions like we’re doing and it’s not just around show-pieces like the Budget and the readings of the Pension Schemes … Continue reading →

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