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10 best read blog posts of 2017
In search order Why some transfer values are ridiculously high? 2017 was a year when the cash equivalent transfer value became fashionable again. When we look back at what CETVs have done to Defined Benefit pensions over the past 24 months, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Henry Tapper blog, pensions
Tagged Blog, blogger, CDC, DB, henry tapper, pensions, Technology
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3000 blog posts up!
At some point over the weekend I published my 3000th blog post. Time for celebration- no? Time for 500 words of reflection – yes! I think publishing stuff that might interest others is now an activity of daily living … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, journalism, pensions
Tagged Blog, henry tapper, pension playpen, Pension Plowman, pensions, WordPress
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Can pensions be more playful (please)!
I’ve waded through a number of IGC chair reports this Easter weekend and a smile has seldom been on my lips. With the exception of the Virgin Money report, I hardly felt I knew who I was talking to. Ironically, … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pension playpen, pensions, Personality
Tagged Blog, Engagement, Facebook, Fun, IGC, instagram, Linked in, pension playpen, snapchat, social media, twitter
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Plugging phoney deficits does no good!
We have become fixated with phoney pension deficits, now a British pension consultancy is suggesting we can plug phoney deficits with real money, the dividends that support “other people’s pensions. This is what we think of the phoney deficits. Our … Continue reading
“Sunspots” (Con Keating)
Although not at this week’s Pension PlayPen lunch, Con asked for an account of the conversation; I mentioned that those in the room were pleased that schemes owning large amounts of index-linked gilts, had enjoyed bumper returns last year. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Bonds, Con Keating, FABI, index linked gilts, LDI, pension playpen, Sunspot
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End of the road for LDI?
Thanks to those brave souls who braved “Southern”, the tube strike and filthy weather to attend yesterday’s lunch which asked “has LDI had its day?”. One answer to that question was clear, I learnt that the top performing asset class … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank underground, Blog, Bonds, Investment, Japan, LDI, Liability Driven Investment, opportunity cost, speculation, Value at risk, VAR, yield
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Self sufficiency – another idiocy! (Con Keating)
The idea that DB pension schemes should be self-sufficient, funded to such a level that they are capable of paying all pensions when due from their own resources is now rather popular. It is also completely idiotic, as the … Continue reading
Fundamental concern with pension regulation.
Con Keating on the political economy of UK pension scheme regulation John Woods’ paper “The political economy of UK pension scheme regulation” should be read closely, and repeatedly in both the FCA and the DWP, and used to inform their … Continue reading
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Pensions and the Media
We like to think that the media works well with the pension industry, but it’s a relationship based on our money, not on mutual respect. In this article I look at how the media really view pensions, concluding we have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Higham, Blog, ft, John Ralfe, Media, Out reach, pensions, press, Ros Altmann, social media, Steve Webb, Technology, twitter, Value for Money
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How mean is my valley? Why have we given up on pension prosperity?
Britain is one of the great economic powerhouses of the world. We are a strong nation that should be most confident in ourselves and our capacity to manage our own future. In the past few days we have seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, DB, defined benefit, FABI, first actuarial, Funding, Green paper, pensions, PLSA
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