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About henry tapper

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

A major manager takes CDC seriously. Will assets move en masse from DC to CDC workplace pensions?

I published this article last week and no one read it!  I’ll try again, this time with a little more focus. If you want to know the impact that CDC is beginning to make on the market – read on. … Continue reading

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When will Government ENFORCE these leasehold reforms?

When will the Government be honest about leasehold reforms and make the legislation enforceable? It took resignations from a senior cabinet minister, Jess Phillips  to get the crime law on the books ensuring youngsters don’t send each other nude pictures. … Continue reading

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“Guided Retirement” will be hard work!

I’m a fan of Joey’s message from TPR in advance of the PPI’s report on the defaults that should help savers in turn pots to pensions. I’m a 64 year saver with a pot and no guided retirement yet. It … Continue reading

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Zedra Trust Company (UK) Limited acts for the mystery owner of a £190m London residence!

Zedra Trust Company (UK) Limited is the organisation behind the purchase and ongoing resale of the Holme in Regents Park. You can read the FT article here. Thanks to the Financial Times for this reporting The Regent’s Park mansion known … Continue reading

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Rothesay’s foundation and Iceland join up to help older customers

They say there is never any positive news in pensions… “Good News Corner” is Professional Pensions’ occasional column supporting the charity and not-for-profit efforts of our industry. While I wish for more pensions to pensioners and those employed but in … Continue reading

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Can we have joint pensions that pay the same to both partners?

I wrote recently about an article by the FT’s Jonathan Guthrie that is packed with 10 bits of data that those of us who don’t have a pension provided us, need to understand. Of course a lot of families will … Continue reading

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Why was a fringe meeting packed-out for a new pension?

I have to admit to expecting to talk to an empty room. There were over a hundred chairs laid out when I arrived at a Brighton Conference Centre lunchtime meeting on a new pension called CDC. Within a couple of … Continue reading

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Is this how young people should save for retirement?

  Here is an article placed by the BBC for ordinary people to read about what’s going on to finance their later life It will come as a surprise to people inside the pension bubble that Kevin Peachey can write … Continue reading

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Collective Defined Contribution Schemes – the “Shameful Missed Opportunity” of 2008!

Here is An article by Kevin Wesbroom. I first published it on June 3rd 2014, just over 12 years ago. Kevin was then leading Aon’s thought leadership on DC . This reminds me how little had changed since six years … Continue reading

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Take away the burden from growing old on savings

I like this picture from my Canadian/South African correspondent Johan Kriek. It represents the problems elder people face with managing their finances and the problems my seniors tell me they are having. It is difficult to managing retirement money or … Continue reading

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