Category Archives: Popcorn Pensions

“Stick or twist” for the lifecos.

Posted on April 1, 2013 by henry tapper

It is hard for the insurers to twist because they think the dealer’s against them. Continue reading →

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Give a straight red to active member discounts

Posted on March 30, 2013 by henry tapper

What are active member discounts (AMDs) and what’s so wrong with them? Continue reading →

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Tescos – Karen Wake helps- quite a lot!

Posted on March 13, 2013 by henry tapper

It is not about staging dates, it is about day in, day out; forever into the future Continue reading →

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How the banks try to f*ck us – and how we deal with them

Posted on March 10, 2013 by henry tapper

It’s Sunday morning and I am reading a poem written around 1936 by Ezra Pound. It is about Usury , in this context the bad practice of the Medici Bank which Pound claimed screwed up the great artistic achievements of medieval … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s problems today..the OFT on pensions

Posted on March 9, 2013 by henry tapper

Answers on an e-postcard to http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/markets-work/pensions Continue reading →

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“Three into two won’t go”- NO EXIT at Playpen lunch!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by henry tapper

Three into two won’t go – but I can say this was the hardest but most rewarding meeting I have yet chaired Continue reading →

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Taking meaningful investment choices off the shelf

Posted on January 25, 2013 by henry tapper

  I’m  pleased to hear that NEST is planning to explain its investment plans that everyone can understand.I visited their offices last week and spoke with their chief investment officer about this. I hope that as part of this explanation , he’ll … Continue reading →

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Why we must get resolution on pension charges

Posted on January 22, 2013 by henry tapper

We shouldn’t underestimate the task the 14 members of the ABI have set themselves in promising to fully disclose charges and costs (see previous blog). 14 insurers have made the pledge but there are many insurers that haven’t nor are … Continue reading →

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“Pensions aren’t dead yet!” January pension play pen lunch

Posted on January 8, 2013 by henry tapper

At an unusually passionate lunch, notable for the absence of the principal villain, Michael Johnson, the Play Pen set about putting pensions to rights. For those not in the loop, the Telegraph posted an article espousing the views of the aforementioned Johnson which … Continue reading →

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