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About henry tapper

Founder of the Pension PlayPen,, partner of Stella, father of Olly . I am the Pension Plowman

By the bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond

Posted on September 27, 2023 by henry tapper

I’m heading for Scotland today to speak at the DG Conference on the shores of Loch Lomond. It’s not a part of Scotland I’ve visited before and I have to admit it feels like a bit of a break after … Continue reading →

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“Pot for life” needs a change in employer mindset on workplace pensions

Posted on September 27, 2023 by henry tapper

Tom’s discussion is well worth a watch , not least for the various interventions from an engaged audience. Interesting session today. We always enjoy listening to your speakers and the diverse opinions and views from across the pension sector. @DavidRJTaylorUK … Continue reading →

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£626,000,000,000 of our retirement money was lost in the financial markets last year.

Posted on September 26, 2023 by henry tapper

Yes, I know that Pension Scheme liabilities are projected to be lower by more than £626,000,000,000, but you can’t eat projections. The money that was lost by UK DB pensions last year is gone. It has been collected by those … Continue reading →

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From Pot for Life to the PPF – have coffee with us 10.30 today and every Tuesday

Posted on September 26, 2023 by henry tapper

Pension PlayPen coffee mornings go from strength to strength, details of this morning’s event with Tom are below. I was excited yesterday, when making arrangements for the PPF’s new chief actuary to come to coffee next Tuesday (3rd October), to … Continue reading →

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Planning ahead if you’re self-employed; (HL’s first class research)

Posted on September 26, 2023 by henry tapper

We should be grateful to Nathan Long and Hargreaves Lansdown for continuing to research what’s actually happening with the self-employed. It’s long been remarked that there are many types of self-employment ranging from the professional partnerships to those just getting … Continue reading →

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Why we handed back our FCA permissions

Posted on September 25, 2023 by henry tapper

AgeWage has resigned its permissions to act as an introducer of regulated business and we are no longer regulated by the FCA. This ends a four year experiment that started with our working in the FCA Innovation Sandbox to test … Continue reading →

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British Business Bank – is there worse to come?

Posted on September 25, 2023 by henry tapper

The FT reports a bad year for the BBB investments in UK venture capital The British Business Bank has done well to limit losses for the past year to £135m. The cost to Government of the Bounce Back Loans that … Continue reading →

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We want and need a thriving Pension Regulator.

Posted on September 25, 2023 by henry tapper

Toby Nangle is arguing in today’s FT that,  by in effect briefing against the Pension Regulator’s direction of travel, the government risks making it a lame duck. The longer this continues, the more the regulator’s credibility will be diminished. It … Continue reading →

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Simon Chrystal’s views on value for money

Posted on September 25, 2023 by henry tapper

  Simon Chrystal  is Nico and Darren’s guest this week to talk about value for money. This episode is not really about the value of pensions as the value of advice. Simon Chrystal is keen talk about his work and … Continue reading →

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Key commentary on pension funding that can’t go unread!

Posted on September 24, 2023 by henry tapper

I have a rare day to myself, Lady Lucy is resting up rather than take on Hurricane Nigel, my family are dispersed and I have had a lie-in. I’ve also spent some time this morning catching up on comments on … Continue reading →

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