Category Archives: twitter
Blogging at the NAPF Investment Conference
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
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“How to keep these blogging jonnies in line”
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 Behavior, Blog, Facebook, Facebook features, linkedin, Online Communities, Social Networking, twitter
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“Twitter’s censorship is a grey box of shame, but not for twitter”
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
10 infrastucture opportunities pension funds cannot ignore!
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 Government, Hedge fund, Isle of Man, London, pension, Richard Branson, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail, Rugby Football Union, Tarmac, Thames Water, Towers Watson
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Better York than Yeovil – #ytfc ousted by the Cod Army
it is hard supporting a minnow, touted as a “giant” savaged by the Cod Army Continue reading
Posted in twitter, Yeovil Town
Tagged Bondz N'Gala, Conference National, Fleetwood, Football League, Gavin Williams, Peter Till, Steve MacLean, Vardy, Yeovil, yeovil town fc
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Pension power! Is your employer doing enough?
Most people who read articles about pensions earn their living from pensions – managing the benefits or the investments, setting the things up or closing the things down. Most of the people who benefit from pensions do not (sadly) read … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, Facebook, mallowstreet, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media, twitter
Tagged Chief executive officer, Compensation & Benefits, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Trade union
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Ah- Vested Self Interest – that’s alright then!
We have a brace of fine headlines this week – Citywire report that Standard Life believe that ISAs should be part of the auto-enrolment mechanism and some SRI peddlar is reported on twitter extolling the need for auto-enrolment to include some seriously socially responsible investment. No … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Liberal Democrats, NEST, pensions, Retirement, Treasury, twitter
Tagged AMC, Goldman Sachs, Government, Greece, Jesus Christ, pension, Standard Life, Steve Webb
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PPF II -opening the door for a better DC
We are where we are – the social contract has been decided… not compulsion but impulsion; impulsion into a DC pensions model that relies on the markets to deliver a second tier of pensions. Our retirements will be funded from employer and employee contributions over a … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, Liability Driven Investment, NEST, OECD, pension playpen, twitter
Tagged annuity, Anti-submarine warfare, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, Financial services, Insurance, Interest rate, Japan, Liability Driven Investment, Life annuity, Market failure, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, OECD, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, Public Sector Pensions, Robin Ellison, Steve Webb, twitter
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“Our weapon is the camera”
Perhaps the measure of political control in Libya is calibrated by fear.
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Posted in Facebook, Libya, Middle East, OECD, social media, Syria, twitter
Tagged Assad, Bashar al-Assad, BBC, Cyberbury, Facebook, Government, Libya, Middle East, OECD, policing, social media, Society, Syria, twitter, United Nations, William Hague
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