Category Archives: Facebook

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 →

Posted in economics, Facebook, Financial Education, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Keeping kids solvent

Posted on May 19, 2012 by henry tapper

Vivi Friedgut is quite a woman. Still in her early thirties she has left the world of private banking where she could make easy money advising the super-rich. She has chosen to invest her private capital in educating students and those at … Continue reading →

Posted in Bankers, customer service, Facebook, Henry Tapper blog, pensions, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

#Fanpowerstadium Yeovil Town

Posted on March 27, 2012 by henry tapper

I once thought if you blew hear enough in a certain direction you would create a vacuum between you and your breath into which your body would move so that eventually you would end up where you blew. This idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, social media, twitter, Yeovil Town | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Building an online community

Posted on March 12, 2012 by henry tapper

  The Kings Men I am sitting on a misty Cotswold hill in utter tranquility. Only the pad of the keys breaks the silence. The morning is still and there is a prospect of a beautiful day. I am alone. … Continue reading →

Posted in cheltenham festival, customer service, Facebook, Henry Tapper blog, Horse racing, pension playpen, Pension Rocks III, pensions, social media, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Blogging at the NAPF Investment Conference

Posted on March 1, 2012 by henry tapper

I’m not going to next week’s NAPF investment conference. However I hope to be almost as enthused by its debates as if I was.  That’s because I’m opening up http://www.henrytapper.com and the Pension Play Pen to anyone who cares to share … Continue reading →

Posted in Henry Tapper blog, pension playpen, twitter | 3 Comments

“How to keep these blogging jonnies in line”

Posted on February 10, 2012 by henry tapper

On-line reputations are hard-won and easily lost.               We are all prey to hackers who can range from the nuisance (mafia family on twitter) to the violently disruptive (where accounts are taken over as happened to … Continue reading →

Posted in de-risking, Facebook, social media, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

“Twitter’s censorship is a grey box of shame, but not for twitter”

Posted on January 29, 2012 by henry tapper

This excellent article is by Paul  Smalera. There’s been plenty of fancy talk about twitter’s “grey box” policy but this is the only balanced peice I’ve come across. Follow the links at the bottom if you want more.   Twitter’s … Continue reading →

Posted in twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

10 infrastucture opportunities pension funds cannot ignore!

Posted on January 22, 2012 by henry tapper

The Government has announced that it wants UK pension funds to invest in UK infrastructure. This week we saw a slice of Thames Water purchased by the Chinese. I live on the Thames and as dawn rises this morning I’m on “Junk Alert” on “the partially yellow river”. Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, Bankers, Church of England, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, religion, Retirement, social media, Treasury, Twickenham, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Better York than Yeovil – #ytfc ousted by the Cod Army

Posted on December 14, 2011 by henry tapper

it is hard supporting a minnow, touted as a “giant” savaged by the Cod Army Continue reading →

Posted in twitter, Yeovil Town | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments