Category Archives: Henry Tapper blog
The new journalists
We’re gearing up for the conference season whether we be journalists, delegates or the majority of us who get the highlights pumped at us through the media. Politics, business and journalism regard October as blanked out and historically those who … Continue reading
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Tagged Online Communities, Primark, Rob, Tom, Tom McPhail, twitter, Yeovil Town, Yeovil Town F.C.
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TESCO extra pensions
I’ve followed Tesco’s progress towards the staging of auto-enrolment closely this week. I think we are at a tipping point in pension provision in Britain, a point which could see the return of pensions that do what they say on … Continue reading
What’s a social media champion?
The news is that I’m up for an award as a social media champ – or or perhaps “chump”. I’d be beating a food bunch if I won;- the Pensions Monkey Tom Mcphail, Mallowstreet, the dynamic golfing legend Gurjit Dehl and Madamoiselle Bighair – Ros Altmann. All … Continue reading
“The Employer’s Duty”
We talk blithely of the employer’s duties as if these obligations were pre-ordained. Economic Liberals may ask how we got to a world in which the Pension Regulator can issue a document entitled “Employer Duties and defining the workforce – an … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Bankers, dc pensions, Financial Education, FSA, Henry Tapper blog, leadership, Management, pension playpen, pensions, poetry, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Business and Economy, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, William Blake
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Too important to hide;- why the Government has to investigate pension default charges
LCP, the pensions consultancy, yesterday published its first DC Fees Survey and very good it is too. It confirms what we knew, that the investment fees and charges for some DC funds are not transparent, that they can be as much as 100% … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, annuity, auto-enrolment, Bankers, Change, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, happiness, Henry Tapper blog, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Popcorn Pensions, Treasury
Tagged Defined contribution plan, DWP, Fiduciary, Government, Gregg McClymont, Investment, Investment management, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Steve Webb
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Images of Henley 2012
Henley 2012 will be remembered for high winds, plenty of rain and a kind of pre-Olympic buzz among the oarsmen which was very special. Lady Lucy went out each of the five days and a great time was had by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abingdon School, Boat, England, Henley, Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, Radley, Radley College
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Keeping kids solvent
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
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Tagged Business, Citywire, Education, finance, Financial literacy, Home, Private banking, Student, Thursday, Youth
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Is your company good to retire from?
Is this a stupidly obvious or obviously stupid question? If you fall into the “stupidly obvious” camp you are one of a dwindling band of devotees of the paternalistic culture that believes that a lifetime’s work with an organsiation should be rewarded … Continue reading
Morrison’s “Save our Dough” campaign.
Employers don’t spend money on their staff for fun, Employee benefits need to be cost justified and compete for corporate spend against R&D, dividend payments and M&A. While CEOs like to remind their workforces that they are the company’s most valuable asset, … Continue reading
All the Queen’s Men (overtime at Romney Weir)
What do you do when you come back from Church on a wet April Sunday morning? If you live opposite Romney Weir in Eton, you can enjoy watching eight engineers monitoring how the largest archmides screw in Europe is coping with the extra flows … Continue reading
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Tagged Archimedes Screw, Church, Council Tax, Engineer, Eton, Eton College, Queen, River Thames, Romney, Romney Lock, Wikipedia, Windsor
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