Tag Archives: Allied Dunbar

Over 55 and still paying commission on your pension?!*!

Posted on September 22, 2017 by henry tapper

It may surprise you, but I am still paying commission to Allied Dunbar on a pension I took out in 1986 and stopped paying into in 1989. That commission works out as a 3.5% pa charge on the units I … Continue reading →

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And now for something completely different – Zurich’s IGC statement

Posted on April 8, 2016 by henry tapper

Zurich’s IGC Chair Statement  was published 18th March, nearly three weeks before the publication of this blog. You can find it by going here https://www.zurich.co.uk/en/about-us/media-centre/life-news/2016/independent-governance-committee-publishes-its-first-report. Navigate through the press release and you get another page of corporate waffle https://www.zurich.co.uk/en/about-us/independent-governance-committee and finally at … Continue reading →

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Club Quango at #WPL13

Posted on May 10, 2013 by henry tapper

Government needs quangos, the Civil Service most of all. But in a strange way, I am comforted by the various Pension Institutions that are Chaired by the ageing lotharios who I collectively name “Club Quango”. At Workplace Pensions Live yesterday we were treated to a … Continue reading →

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Pensions; holy grail or wholly fail?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by henry tapper

The least we can do is to try and make life a little easier for them, than it has been for us! Continue reading →

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Moving on..dealing with our DC legacy.

Posted on April 9, 2011 by henry tapper

History suggests that legacy DC plans will be abandoned as so many of the individuals sold s226 and mark one personal pensions were abandoned.
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