Category Archives: FCA

Why Face to Face Guidance may be impossible.

Posted on June 6, 2014 by henry tapper

  I didn’t know what to expect from the Life Planning Association, whose meeting I attended on Wednesday as a guest of Wladek Koch. What I got was an insight that makes sense of why I believe Face to Face … Continue reading →

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How I want my hard-saved earnings – thoughts on a walk!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by henry tapper

  Not many people fantasize about the letter they will get from their workplace pension provider when they get to the point they can start spending their hard- saved earnings. As I made my way around Studland Bay, Old Harry … Continue reading →

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Will some employers need their own IGCs?

Posted on April 17, 2014 by henry tapper

  This blog’s for any employer or adviser with an existing workplace pension scheme (GPP or Stakeholder Pension), where you chose the funds offered to your staff.   I asked a question of the Pensions Regulator this week. He’d put … Continue reading →

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Pension PlayPen response to the DWP Command Paper on Workplace Pensions

Posted on April 17, 2014 by henry tapper

    Pension PlayPen Ltd trades as http://www.pensionplaypen.com and is the leading portal through which employers access information to stage auto-enrolment. The site allows employers to assess their workforce, determine a contribution structure, apply to workplace pension providers for terms … Continue reading →

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“The predictable alternative to drawdown”

Posted on April 5, 2014 by henry tapper

  “Drawdown scares me”. It scares me because I am on my own, it scares me because I get a bumpy ride and most of all it scares me because I know that if I drawdown at a minute of … Continue reading →

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