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The Future of UK Banking and Finance is Pensions – Dr Andy Tarrant

Posted on May 7, 2022 by henry tapper

Last Thursday saw the publication of “The Future of UK Banking and Finance” by New Financial and the Atlantic Council, launched with panels of the great and the good at the Banqueting House in Whitehall and a review in the … Continue reading →

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Brexit – must we now pragmatically accept our fate?

Posted on December 13, 2020 by henry tapper

The Times’ survey, published this morning on the eve of the latest (and probably final) deadline to decide a deal, shows Britain as divided as ever over Brexit. Most of us can relate to the four categories and would by … Continue reading →

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Has our attitude to wealth changed with Covid or with Brexit?

Posted on August 31, 2020 by henry tapper

COVID may be the excuse, but the political swing occasioned by Brexit is what may drive change. Continue reading →

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Let’s not slide back into the swamp!

Posted on February 25, 2020 by henry tapper

After what they must consider a “decent period”, the insurers and the bankers have reappeared from the slimy depths like Grendel out to wreak revenge on consumers protected too long by Europe. The insurance and pensions industry is calling for … Continue reading →

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“Out” at work – our new diversity

Posted on February 3, 2020 by henry tapper

We return to work this morning “out” of the EU for the first time since December1972. Like most of Britain’s workforce this will be a new experience to me. The weekend was marked by a palindrome , Sunday was 02.02. … Continue reading →

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Let the Lady speak for me (on Brexit)

Posted on January 14, 2020 by henry tapper

I was a silent remainer. I have been a Liberal most of my life, voted Liberal in #GE2019 and am proud to know Ros Altmann and Gina Miller as friends. Yesterday I bowed in front of the Throne in the … Continue reading →

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Let’s get USS done!

Posted on December 14, 2019 by henry tapper

What does the Trustee do? Ask a 7 year old what a Trustee does and a 7 year old would say “do trust”.  This is the verdict of chapter 7 of the second Joint Expert Panel on the Trustee of … Continue reading →

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Is Britain full up?

Posted on October 23, 2019 by henry tapper

Reading the Office of National Statistics “National Population Projection“, I’d answer that question “no”. If anything it seems we are not growing as a population as fast as we’d expected. The UK’s population is projected to increase by 3 million … Continue reading →

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Boris and those letters – the legal facts.

Posted on October 21, 2019 by henry tapper

Sometimes only a thread of tweets will do. Thanks to David Allen Green, who’s a legal correspondent to the FT and to Jo Cumbo- who promoted the tweets, I got it. Here’s the thread , click here for the man … Continue reading →

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That was the week (that was)

Posted on October 19, 2019 by henry tapper

This week has seen a Pensions Bill make it into the Queen’s Speech, the Pensions Regulator’s Stakeholder Conference (Monday) , the Owen James Meeting of Minds (Tuesday) and the PLSA conference (Wednesday to Friday). And then there’s the minor political … Continue reading →

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