Monthly Archives: March 2025
Dutch and British pensions – step towards growing economies
The publication in question is actually about Dutch relaxation of guarantees on benefits allowing pension schemes to invest more adventurously. Mary McDougall may not yet be ready to follow her predecessor, Jo Cumbo, who has no time for replacing safeguards … Continue reading
Pullman travel in a Scotrail train – with Richard Smith beside me!
On Friday I was in Fife and yesterday I was in the West Highlands. A train picked me up from Rannoch station and in dreich conditions we were dragged through Fort William to Mallaig in a Scot Rail train. Such … Continue reading
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“It is an inequitable life- Henry” – the Economist on blokes like me
I got this message from one of that rare breed who subscribes to the economist and my blog, he can take the blame for any pilfering. I suspect you don’t get this weekly. I’ve had a subscription on-and-off-and-on since … Continue reading
Pullman travel in a Scotrail train – with Richard Smith beside me!
On Friday I was in Fife and yesterday I was in the West Highlands. A train picked me up from Rannoch station and in dreich conditions we were dragged through Fort William to Mallaig in a Scot Rail train. Such … Continue reading
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America screws up ; this shouldn’t affect our retirement – but it will
The S&P was down another 2% yesterday, Free sharing link to the FT article is here The price we pay for investing in global passive equity funds, as most of us in DC “pensions” do , is that we have … Continue reading
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Pension PlayPen Tuesday – What does Reeves want – what will we get?
On Tuesday 1st April (yes I know but it’s no joke), I- Henry Tapper – will be speaking at a Pension PlayPen talk. I am currently being forced by my business colleagues to spend some time “on holiday”, this is … Continue reading
A day on the Fife Coast with a pension person!
It was a great treat to spend a day of my holiday in the company of Derek Scott and this blog is a tribute to what he has brought and is bringing to UK pensions. We met in Fife, it … Continue reading
Scotland – a most enlightened nation
I had the great pleasure of spending yesterday morning in the Library of Innerpeffray. This libaray was build around 1680 by Henry Drummond, a landowner who had fought alongside Montrose for the covenanters and had made money from trade and … Continue reading
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Encouraging from Fernando and Fawcett on Nest’s £50bn fund.
Let us put the size of our investment (13m of Brits allows me to use “us”) at £50bn. I know it has been about that level for some time and the FT’s Mary McDougall quotes this amount. (free link to … Continue reading
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Who is regulating your pension?
There is speculation that the current system, where the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated insured and self-invested personal pensions and the Pensions Regulator (TPR) regulates occupational pensions has broken down. It is possible to offer an occupational business whose primary … Continue reading