Monthly Archives: July 2026

Sam Burden ; a Professional Trustee on CDC

Posted on July 10, 2026 by henry tapper

This article first appeared in Corporate Adviser; Sam Burden as a professional trustee with Zedra  Retirement in the UK is starting to feel out of reach for many workers. Not because people do not understand the importance of pensions, nor … Continue reading →

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Can Reform reform?

Posted on July 10, 2026 by henry tapper

“Why is Farage doing this to the people of Clacton? Are its voters really expected to become props in the great drama of Nigel and His Money? He seems to want to use his constituents as human shields to deflect … Continue reading →

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Investment and Growth – Con Keating’s take

Posted on July 10, 2026 by henry tapper

The following comments from Con Keating endorse the argument of Ashok Gupta that Britain needs primary investment and not the replacement of existing capital by secondary investment. I am pleased to quote Con again, his work on New Towns is … Continue reading →

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How pensions screw up teaching.

Posted on July 9, 2026 by henry tapper

  This excellent article ends where it could begin. Raj Jethwa‘s comment that “This level of uncertainty makes it extremely difficult for higher education institutions to take long-term financial decisions on, for example, courses and staffing levels when such a … Continue reading →

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Jo Cumbo in conversation with Tom McPhail

Posted on July 9, 2026 by henry tapper

The Pension PlayPen discussion to follow that of Will Hutton and Ashok Gupta will be on Tuesday 14th July and you can join it from this link. The event starts at 10.30 am Join Tom McPhail and Jo Cumbo here … Continue reading →

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High finance or hi-jack; how do you feel about Nest’s £1bn venture?

Posted on July 9, 2026 by henry tapper

I was at a WTW award giveaway for journalists. Padraig Floyd stood at the back (the freelance journalists) and I listened to Padraig complaining about the hi-jacking of pensions by mandating from the Government (aka Treasury). This is not my … Continue reading →

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SPP’s mammoth response to the Pension Commission (and Richard Smith’s condensation)

Posted on July 9, 2026 by henry tapper

I have done what I can to digest the SPP’s response. It is 11,000 words long and I doubt many but me and Richard Smith outside the holy circle of the SPP and Pension UK policy makers will have read … Continue reading →

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Binface v Farage? – We had this Clapton showdown, two years ago.

Posted on July 8, 2026 by henry tapper

Two years ago the big story on this blog was Binface facing off with Farage in Clapton. Let’s see how it works out this time around. Below is how it looked back then!   There are only two politicians  that … Continue reading →

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Hugh Cutler – another brilliant mind baffled by drawdown.

Posted on July 8, 2026 by henry tapper

This morning I find not one but two brilliant thinkers struggling with “drawdown from a pot” as a way to pay themselves and others a wage in retirement. Here is Hugh Cutler explaining the problem of doing this yourself!  Can … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Guthrie again takes on the nastiest problem in finance.

Posted on July 8, 2026 by henry tapper

Free link to FT article from here

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