Monthly Archives: January 2026
The Independent Football Regulator is both a challenge and opportunity
It was good of LCP to offer places to a debate on the IFR to ordinary fans like me who have no interest in the IFR other than the football that we watch. At the beginning of three hours of … Continue reading
Pension’s past is in DB and it’s future in CDC – as debated by the Lords last night.
There are two big issues in private pensions under consideration. The first is the future and in particular the value for money we get from workplace pensions we pay into now and into future. Here we can include what we … Continue reading
CAN CDC BE FAIR ENOUGH TO SHARE? 10.30 am tomorrow (Tuesday 20th)
Join the CDC discussion with those passionately for and against CDC! Join here Coffee Morning – The Rise & Rise of CDC – CPD included You are cordially invited to join us for our next event. At this session … Continue reading
Jack explains plans American retirement plan loans
This article came from a comment by Jack Towarnicky It comes as we consider the question raised by timothy Lancaster;- “should we help employees in debt before encouraging saving.” I don’t know what the rules are in the UK, but … Continue reading
Three passions; football , independence and governance; thanks LCP!
I am so pleased to have been given the opportunity to attend the LCP’s discussion on the challenge offered to football by an independent football regulator. When I grew up, I supported Bournemouth and for reasons to do with Governance … Continue reading
Is financial services doing well? “we’ll hear it is today
There are many reasons for those working in the City to feel concerned. There is a log in any signs of recovery that our public markets are recovering, we are going through a lag in recovery in house prices after … Continue reading
When a horse makes everyone happy- Protektorat at Windsor one Sunday in January!
This article is from Racing Post and is for me and my party who watched on from the final fence and after Protektorat’s victory from the winners parade. I’m so happy to have been at a racecourse at a time … Continue reading
How employers can help staff in debt!
I published a quote from Timothy Byron McKeeby says: I’m reminded of a once popular parable which illustrates the circulation of money in a small community. Sometimes referred to as “The Parable of the $100 Bill,” a story that explains how … Continue reading
“Push me – pull you” in our private markets and our public ones!
I am confronted by four stories on my newsfeed, all of which I know enough about to have a hunch they matter to me, but all of which worry me! Let’s deal with them one at a time. I went … Continue reading
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Tagged boonds, eqwuities, Pensions, Private credit, Private Equity, Pull you, Push me, self-assessment
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Reasons to be cheerful : 1-2-3.
Here is how Ian Hogarth sums up his argument in the (Sunday) Times. Overall, Britain needs to toughen up, fight its own corner, and be less naive in its dealings with inward investors and rival tech hubs. “The biggest risk … Continue reading