The Microsoft references are rhetorically effective, but analytically misleading. Microsoft went public in 1986 and did not pay a dividend…
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As cryptocurrency adoption continues to grow, scams, hacking incidents, fraudulent investments, and lost wallet credentials remain major challenges. TECHY FORCE…
The self-employed commonly have very lumpy income streams plus periods of feast and famine. Their lack of income security means…
Monthly Archives: March 2026
Trustees are for members , not just compliance
Maggie Roger has written a sensible article that explains why member nominated trustees are essential to good governance. Increasingly we are seeing professional trustees taking not just the lead role but the only role as trustees. The view that schemes … Continue reading
Pensions and IHT – Really?
Here’s yesterday’s Pension PlayPen’s Coffee Morning – an ardent discussion on IHT and Pensions. Here is the video to go with it Click the disclaimer to watch the slides live or download the slides from this link. iht-on-pensions-really-pp-17-03-2026-pdffrom Henry Tapper
Yeovil’s shocking performance puts me in mind of relegation
Last night I went down to Woking with my son to watch my side “Yeovil Town” play one of the worst games I’ve ever seen them play. I am glad they got the rollicking they did from their manager. “We … Continue reading
We have become too prudent with our long term money
This is the problem we have. We are a nation that has de-risked and see that as prudent. I do not want to criticise “individuals”, they have good advocates in Martin Lewis and others, and are right to be … Continue reading
Do we need VFM reports to consolidate small DC schemes?
The Pensions Regulator lays out what we have left of DC Occupational Pension Schemes The TPR’s take on its work Brighton seems pretty content with the state of our workplace pension market , for private DC schemes it looks like … Continue reading
Are what were our “pensions” now to be traded as distressed assets?
I am sorry to continue a series of articles that report on the pending failure of the private equity firm in America but I must. These firms have set their eyes on our private DB legacy and will buy it … Continue reading
IHT on Pensions…today (Tuesday) 10.30 – entry here
Coffee Morning – IHT on Pensions…REALLY!!! CPD included Type – Teams Online When – Tuesday 17th March at 10:30am You are cordially invited to attend our next Coffee Morning. At this event we are delighted that Mark Plewes from WBR Group … Continue reading
Navigating pension’s Straits of Hormuz
This is an article I wrote in 2019 the morning after a meeting with friends to discuss what it’s like to get to retirement and get stuck in a kind of “Straits of Hormuz”. I thought it would be good … Continue reading
“Tapper launches mutual CDC provider” – Corporate Adviser
Published by John Greenwood March 16, 2026 Original on this link A new multi-employer collective DC (CDC) provider has been established by Henry Tapper, chair of AgeWage and head of Pension PlayPen, and Goddard Perry Actuarial senior actuarial consultant Chris Bunford. … Continue reading
Why the Government must have back-stop control of pension investment
There is a general feeling that UK pension funds should be investing where they want. I agree that they should, but “how they want” is another matter. Right now there is a trend towards investing in American software, notoriously the … Continue reading
Standard Life was fine until Gordon Brown started playing 'ducks and drakes' during the last century - now we have…