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About henry tapper

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

Rob Reid – Rob Reid – Rob Reid – Rob Reid

I only know two Partick Thistle fans, one is Andy Young and the other is Rob Reid. If you have been round long in pensions – you’ll know Rob Reid too. Thanks to Andy for the link to the Partick … Continue reading

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Can we repurpose the employer covenant adviser?

Not so long ago, any pensions award ceremony had a category to “recognise” the employer covenant adviser whose job it was to tell the trustees the likelihood of an employer going bust. The Pensions Regulator went through a phase when  … Continue reading

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All or nothing – teacher’s pay and pensions.

Yesterday’s pension story in the FT was about how the Government is putting up the cost of funding teaching staff to be in the teacher’s pension and the impact it will have on universities who use this scheme for staff … Continue reading

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Capita hack – USS acts sensibly – class action lawyer acts irresponsibly

It’s now being reported that 90 organisations have reported data breaches to the watchdog, following data hacked from Capita’s systems. Capita is facing two data issues. The first was the cyber attack earlier this year, followed in May when news … Continue reading

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Will the new inequalities of Dutch pension prove easier to stomach than the old ones?

The Dutch pension reforms will involve the transfer of all accrued and future DB pension rights to the new DC system, without the consent of the member. “It is by no means certain that each member will benefit” from this … Continue reading

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The world’s population is ageing – so what are we doing about it?

Apologies for the typo, but don’t let this put you off. This chart is important. It tells us that there is a burden on younger generations to support their parents, a burden which can only be sustained by parents being … Continue reading

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Pension Bee wish “superfunds” well – but “potty pots” aren’t for their savers yet!

Pension Bee put out a statement on proposals to overhaul the UK pension system which make sense of a lot of noise. Here’s what the Queen Bee, Romi Savova is saying, “For Defined Benefit pensions, the proposals put forward by … Continue reading

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The Netherlands have a new pension bed to rely on.

According to the Mercer Index of the world’s top rated pension systems, the Netherlands is ranked #2, with only mini-Iceland above it Mercer describe the Netherlands as having “a first-class and robust retirement income system that delivers good benefits, is … Continue reading

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Lang Cat Mike spills the cream; Pension PlayPen – Today -10.30

  Get the prequel Lang Cat launched The Advice Gap 2023 last week. It’s one of their  biggest papers and is certainly worth douze of anyone’s pwan.  Download it here That’s enough ads-ed Ok that’s the ad 0ver. But in the spirit … Continue reading

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Do pension superfunds have super powers?

Do pension superfunds have super-powers? The phrase “pension superfund” has been hijacked by the Tony Blair Institute to mean a not for profit investment fund that swallows up pension money from DB , DC from the PPF and maybe the … Continue reading

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