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Collected wisdom of the Pension Oldie

Posted on April 28, 2024 by henry tapper

The Pension Oldie is a legendary figure on this blog. Lately his comments have scaled new levels of perspicacity. Here he is speaking out on turning pots to pensions From my previous comments on your blogs, Henry, it will come … Continue reading →

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Have boomers pulled up the drawbridge on their children?

Posted on April 10, 2024 by henry tapper

Steve Webb’s latest Money Mail response is both authoritative and interesting, if you can’t be bothered to read this blog, read Steve’s article instead (but both are worth a read). Will the state pension become means tested in the future … Continue reading →

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What’s Edi Truell up to next?

Posted on February 9, 2024 by henry tapper

    The immediate answer to that question is “skiing in the Swiss Alps”, but I don’t expect that’s what you really want to know. If you want to hear it from his own mouth, you can join a call … Continue reading →

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Tilting at Windows: – why “pensions equity” is too hard

Posted on December 19, 2023 by henry tapper

  Back in May, the PLSA set up a new group – the pensions equity group (PEG) , with the help of 24 organisations who either had skin in the DC game or wanted to. The aims of the group … Continue reading →

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The collected rants of Jnamdoc

Posted on April 6, 2023 by henry tapper

  One of the best things about running my blog is attracting comment which are better than the blogs themselves. I enjoy many an evening reviewing these comments and chortling. One comment – ator who falls into the “better than … Continue reading →

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Do DC pension plans have a duty to help consumers spend their pots?

Posted on December 28, 2022 by henry tapper

When I buy a bar of soap , I expect it to perform in a certain way and it does. It can be a good or a bad bar, but it will clean me. When I buy a pension (technically … Continue reading →

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The day of mourning dawns

Posted on September 19, 2022 by henry tapper

It is 6am on the day of the late Queen’s funeral. The bells of St Pauls ring above me as I think about the day ahead. Around parliament the tail of the queue wags towards Westminster’s St Stephen’s Hall, stragglers … Continue reading →

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Does my blog look boring?

Posted on September 13, 2022 by henry tapper

Imagine someone you’re having a nice conversation with , breaks off the conversation and says “by the way , you smell”. That’s what it felt like talking with Mark Scantlebury this afternoon when he broke off what he was saying … Continue reading →

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There’s no such thing as a free read.

Posted on May 1, 2022 by henry tapper

  Paul Lewis highlights two articles in the Times this week which take aim at SJP and Hargreaves Lansdown for losing their clients money. I read both articles and ended up wondering whether I’d buy a subscription to the Times … Continue reading →

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Don’t mention the war

Posted on March 4, 2022 by henry tapper

There’s a lot of loose talk about “engagement” with our pensions.  At a high-level it makes sense to get people engaged with the positive aspects of pension investment. I have been blogging about this since I first heard Nigel Wilson … Continue reading →

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