Category Archives: economics

Whose risk is it anyway?

Posted on November 17, 2012 by henry tapper

The Government wants us to think about pension risk sharing… To consider how much responsibility we can take for our own financial welfare when we’re really old. To consider what our employers can do to help And consider (which they talk of quietly)  … Continue reading →

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End of an epoch?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by henry tapper

This is an article by Con Keating, reproduced with his kind permission. It’s hard but it’s worth it- Con is the cleverest man in town. The demise of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s was epoch-defining; it constituted a massive shift of … Continue reading →

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Savvy punters will drive down pension charges.

Posted on July 21, 2012 by henry tapper

Inefficient markets – don’t you just love ’em! We all love a bargain whether at the local boot or in the stock market. There was a time when I believed I could pick a stock or a horse and beat … Continue reading →

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Reformation The Mallowstreet Party

Posted on July 19, 2012 by henry tapper

Vincent Franklin looked out from what used to be the roof of City Telephone Exchange. The Exchange (according to Con Keating) had walls fifteen metres thick and had been built to withstand a nuclear bomb. They’d pulled it down to … Continue reading →

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The Regulator Strikes Back – Barclays, fund platforms and the FSA

Posted on July 2, 2012 by henry tapper

I quote some of an article by matthew.vincent@ft.com  which is quite brilliant (link here) – I won’t ever write this well! The Financial Times continues to provide the world’s best coverage of financial issues – thank goodness we live in a world … Continue reading →

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The economic history of the world in one little graph

Posted on June 20, 2012 by henry tapper

  That headline is a big promise. But here it is: The economic history of the world going back to Year 1 showing the major powers’ share of world GDP, from a research letter written by Michael Cembalest, an analyst … Continue reading →

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