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Blockchain to administrate- yes; crypto to pay my pension – “?”
I got a message from Jo Cumbo for my comment on the use of Crypto as an investment to fund pensions yesterday. I couldn’t comment, because I don’t have the capacity to get to terms with it and because there … Continue reading
The Token will open up private markets for pensions benefiting pensioners
I have recently posted about tokenification work being done by Smart and Mobius, Octopus to put investment administration on the blockchain. Now let’s look at a prospect that opens an investment of nautical infrastructure to institutional investors asd-sco-introduction-december-2025-1-pdffrom Henry Tapper … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow, blockchain, Con Keating, Merchant of Venice, Pensions, valuation
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Margaret Snowdon – a decade ahead of her time
It’s both joyful and painful to publish this Q&A from Margaret Snowdon. It’s a pleasure to read such clarity about the future of pension administration but frustrating when you remember that this piece is over seven years old. So much … Continue reading
Applying Blockchain to Pensions and Investment Management
This article first appeared on linked in here, Marten’s blogs appear with the kind permission of Maarten. If you would like to see another application of the distributive ledger and Smart contracts in pensions, you can compare the solutions … Continue reading
CDC – cons diminish confidence!
I am fairly confident that before the end of October, before even next week’s budget, the DWP will consult on CDC. We are told by the Pensions Minister , that the test case is Royal Mail but that legislation will … Continue reading
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Tagged blockchain, CDC, Confidence, internet, ledger, pension
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Smart Ledgers & Collective Defined Contribution Pensions
Long Finance’s Distributed Futures research programme has produced a report entitled “Smart Ledgers & Collective Defined Contribution Pensions”, the latest in a series of exciting projects in the programme. Long Finance has agreed to invite readers of this blog to the … Continue reading
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Tagged blockchain, CDC, Smart contract, Smart Ledger
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How the blockchain revolution could transform financial services
The technology likely to have a significant impact on the financial services industry and the world of business has arrived. Not peer-to-peer lending, artificial intelligence, big data, robo-advisers or Apple Pay – but rather blockchain, the technology behind digital currencies … Continue reading
Was BHS a blessing?
At a rowdy debate at yesterday’s Battle of Ideas, my colleague Hilary Salt stoked the fires by claimed the fall of BHS was a milestone to improving British productivity. Nobody expressed disagreement – despite it being packed with left-wing thinkers. … Continue reading
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Tagged BHS, blockchain, Brexit, ethical, ethics, first actuarial, governance, Hilary Salt, Merryn Somerset Webb, pensions, Productivy, Technology
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The Blockchain is boring – we aren’t!
If you read my blogs you’ll know that I see the Blockchain as boring and beautiful at the same time. It is boring because it creates a central purchasing ledger and it is beautiful because it puts millions of boring … Continue reading
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Tagged blockchain, Boring, Fun, henrytapper.com, Insurance, jobs, ledger, leisure, purchase
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Long live their IGC – well done L&G!
Yesterday I wrote about going to the L&G IGC Forum. It was one of three great events I went to (the other was a meeting at the FCA to discuss outcomes of pension savings and the third an inspiring meeting … Continue reading