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Category Archives: brand
Scary news day!
Scary news day! Yesterday (Weds 24th) saw the arrival of Boris Blimp in his West End townhouse and the announcement that nothing much has changed at the top of the DWP- except the SOS’ brief – which now includes equality … Continue reading
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Posted in Blogging, brand, pensions
Tagged DB transfers, pensions, Port Talo, Royal London, Steve Webb
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Breaking trust and breaking wind! Lifesight’s problem with property rights.
One of the things ordinary people fear most about spending on their retirement, is giving money to institutions they know nothing about and having very little say in the management of their money. No matter how hard I used to … Continue reading
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Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, brand, pensions
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GDPR – a contrarian view
I was going to entitle this piece “f*#k GDPR” but I have too many people I like, who live that dream, to risk offence. But I’ll be glad after 25th May, not to have to spend 30 minutes a day, … Continue reading
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Posted in Blogging, brand, journalism, pensions
Tagged Blog, compliance, GDPR, May 25, pensions
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The CMA and IDWG are looking for the right grubs under the wrong stones.
The Competition and Markets Authority has produced the first of a series of working papers (only 90 pages) looking at the buy-side of institutional intermediation (e.g. what happens between buying an asset and the return the customer gets). “The evidence reviewed … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, brand, BSPS, pensions
Tagged CETV, chris sier, CMA, IDWG, James Baxter, pensions, Port Talbot, Tideway, Transfer
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Thanks to all our nice new friends!
What a lovely New Year’s surprise! A gang of flamers having fun “one-starring” my blog! Well it’s good news for me, all feedback is good feedback and your dislike of everything I am writing is boosting my google … Continue reading
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Remembrance day – let’s stop fighting.
Today is the anniversary of the day we stopped the war on November 11th 1918. Two sides stopped the war and though the peace was a poor one, the relief of ending hostilities is remembered. More importantly the … Continue reading
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Posted in auto-enrolment, brand, pensions
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Public transport – I mean PUBLIC transport! – guest blog from Jayson Dudley.
Another trip to back from Paris today and I’m no longer surprised at the lack of awareness people have when using their mobile phones, so let me recount a couple of stories from my early days in Information Security … Continue reading
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Posted in brand, pensions
Tagged cyber-crime, Data, Funny, IT security, Jayson Dudley, Mazars, Public Transport
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Room 101 for BT Fon
Join me if you would like the appallingly intrusive BT Fon service banished to room 101. The ridiculous pay as you go service is like the unwanted guest who turns up uninvited at your every event. BT Fon sits on … Continue reading
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My missus!
My missus’ called Stella and, it being St Valentine’s day, I thought I’d say something about her. We met, nearly 15 years ago, in Ronnie Scotts in Birmingham, she had just become Pension Director at BT, something I found … Continue reading
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Posted in Bankers, brand, Candy Crunch, iphone, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged British Telecom, BT, Centrica, Christian Dior, Lloyds Banking Group, love, pensions, Ronnie Scotts, spiritual, Stella
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Grown up brands
How does a brand develop gravitas? Almost all internet start-ups set out to disrupt and this disruption starts with the brand. From the fore-runner Egg to the much advertised Nutmeg, we are asked to think of the brand as something … Continue reading
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Posted in Blogging, brand, pensions
Tagged Brand, brand reputation, brand value, Business, dc pensions, first actuarial, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
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