Category Archives: London

Take me back to London

Posted on August 30, 2021 by henry tapper

The charts are interesting. This blog comes with a health warning – supplied by Stuart McDonald. This age-stratified analysis is important when drawing conclusions from trends in case numbers. Cases are still trending up in older groups, so it’s likely … Continue reading →

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Living and working in the City of London

Posted on May 15, 2020 by henry tapper

  I live in Blackfriars in one of the areas of the City which were historically beyond the control of the City Fathers (what we’d call the Corporation of London today). Where I live in Blackfriars there was a priory.  … Continue reading →

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Open finance opens doors (to pension dashboards)

Posted on December 18, 2019 by henry tapper

Pension Dashboards got a much needed shot in the arm from the FCA yesterday , with the publication of a “Call for input” on Open Finance from the FCA yesterday. The document sets out a route-map to better financial services … Continue reading →

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(s)Carey pensions!

Posted on September 13, 2017 by henry tapper

Thanks to Angie Brooks for bring to our attention a very disturbing matter relating to Carey Pensions. “Careys” will be known to those working in the early days of auto-enrolment for providing auto-enrolment shells into which various entrepreneurial fund managers … Continue reading →

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Prudential RideLondon – we cyclists can behave!

Posted on July 30, 2017 by henry tapper

  I spent Saturday in the saddle of a Boris Bike, rotating through the Cities of Westminster and London along with thousands of others. I saw one accident and didn’t hear one angry voice. Though we reduced in numbers as … Continue reading →

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GARs – a simpler way out for insurers…

Posted on June 22, 2015 by henry tapper

This blog offers insurers a simple way out of the problem they have with Guaranteed Annuity Rates- it means paying the reserved for value of the policy rather than the (lower) investment value of the contributions. By way of explanation.. … Continue reading →

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Our parents’ houses.

Posted on June 2, 2015 by henry tapper

property, downsizing, home, residence, sheltered housing, family, children, grandchildren Continue reading →

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St Rumwold – we need another miracle!

Posted on March 14, 2015 by henry tapper

The patron Saint of Cann and Melbury Abbas is St Rumbold (Rumwold), a curious Saint who only lived 3 days , dying after delivering a sermon on the Trinity while barely out of the womb. His memory was besmirched by fraudulent … Continue reading →

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A tale of two Cities

Posted on September 3, 2014 by henry tapper

      Have you ever turned up at a place and realised you shouldn’t be there – but stayed anyway just to see what it was like? That’s what happened to me yesterday. I went to an event about … Continue reading →

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Fund management’s like a car-boot, you’ve got to know what you’re paying (and what you’re buying).

Posted on January 19, 2014 by henry tapper

Fund management’s like a car-boot, you’ve got to know what you’re paying (and what you’re buying). Continue reading →

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