Category Archives: pensions

An insider’s view of packaged investment solutions to pay pensions

Posted on October 26, 2026 by henry tapper

Thanks to Craig Nowrie for this history lesson in how packaged solutions to pay pensions don’t work when the problem changes. Continue reading →

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What should we do with surplus money in pensions? Tomorrow at 10.30

Posted on October 26, 2026 by henry tapper

Make a one-off catch up payment to cover 2020’s inflation spikes. Pay 10% extra a year to members? Continue reading →

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Reasons to be cheerful 1-2-3.

Posted on October 26, 2026 by henry tapper

Here the Americans have one on us. They are always expecting something new to turn up and usually it does. We are in good shape, this budget should bring a better deal for pensioners than many  anticipated. Continue reading →

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In Britain we show solidarity collectively – it’s in our nature Damian!

Posted on October 26, 2026 by henry tapper

Not everyone wants to go to football; some go to music festivals some congregate to worship. Few of us choose to fragment from what we grew up with, our society in Britain is a strong one. Continue reading →

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The value of lease holding is headline news for Kuennsberg and Rayner,

Posted on October 25, 2026 by henry tapper

People , as Harry Scoffin says, would rather rent or save up for a freehold than buy a flat in London. Continue reading →

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William McGrath has some lucid comments on DB surplus to make on Tuesday

Posted on October 25, 2026 by henry tapper

Make a one-off catch up payment to cover 2020’s inflation spikes.
Pay 10% extra a year to members with a well funded scheme running-on with a sound sponsor. Continue reading →

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Advisers on collective pensions will be rare till CDC is common.

Posted on October 25, 2026 by henry tapper

You shouldn’t have a pension strategy that doesn’t suit your workforce and doesn’t suit the company sponsoring it! Advice is needed but who to take it from? Continue reading →

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Getting money straight from the hippos mouth – kid’s stuff from Emily Boxall

Posted on October 25, 2026 by henry tapper

Money sounds a lot easier with Emily Boxall who has a touch that clearly lands well with children. Continue reading →

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A tale of adventure that has kept me quiet!

Posted on October 25, 2026 by henry tapper

I have had a marvelous adventure involving a seizure, a fall, the arrival of the police and  ambulance, an airlift by helicopter from Eton to Oxford’s Radcliffe hospital and 48 hours recovery in the arms of the NHS. Continue reading →

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Nest’s getting the hang of partnerships that invest in private capital!

Posted on October 22, 2026 by henry tapper

Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking how pension schemes can use scale to Improve our wage in retirement Improve the economy and the pay for those working To say it like this makes for an easy way to … Continue reading →

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