Category Archives: Management

WE’VE GOT OUR POPCORN PENSIONS!

Posted on February 4, 2012 by henry tapper

There have been a few times in my life that I have felt completely happy, the birth of my son, winning a scholarship to Bryanston and a telephone call received yesterday evening are three that spring to mind. Moments when your sense of self-worth is captured completely in the realisation that something wonderful has happened. Continue reading →

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Choose from;- Sit down office meetings; standup office meetings or no office meetings!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by henry tapper

 MY THOUGHT when we sit down and our meetings are very slow. Stand up meetings sound scary! Maybe we don’t want meetings..what do you think? The blog is inspired by a  Great article from the New York Times – By … Continue reading →

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Popcorn Pensions III – transforming the business of Pensions

Posted on January 28, 2012 by henry tapper

If you’ve been following my posts recently, (thanks) you’ll be aware of a thread defined by the phrase “Popcorn Pensions” that refers to my friend Peter Shellswell’s KFC moment. Peter told me over the Popcorn Chicken that he’d decided to move on from … Continue reading →

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Controlling wealth is not the same as generating wealth

Posted on January 26, 2012 by henry tapper

IFAs Control £591bn of Britain’s wealth. That’s a whole lot of moley. Continue reading →

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A hunger to educate – more on Popcorn Pensions

Posted on January 25, 2012 by henry tapper

Hunger is not a word you’d associate with actuaries. One of our clients described the team working for her as “happy puppies” who approached the task of educating members with ” hunger“. These are not words that exist in the … Continue reading →

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To get better pensions we need to share risk

Posted on January 17, 2012 by henry tapper

Yesterday, Steve Webb announced he was  to review the level of protection that needed to be provided to private pensions in payment. His  intention is to help the solvency of defined benefit schemes which might need to reserve less for future guarantees. He is … Continue reading →

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It’s Darwinism Joey, but not as we know it.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by henry tapper

  Its Darwinism……….right in front of your very eyes……….or TV screens! This from the twitter feed of my learned friend Mr Joseph Barton , sage of Loftus Road t/as @Joey7Barton. It is not just Neil Warnock who is losing his managerial position … Continue reading →

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