Tag Archives: Business and Economy

Call in for a Great British Pension

Posted on May 13, 2014 by henry tapper

The initial euphoria following the 2014 “pensions bombshell” budget may have died away, but in it’s place we are seeing real progress towards a better deal for those spending their pension pots. Work is concentrating on two … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap | Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, Government, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Retirement | Leave a comment

“Nest’s auto-enrolment -innit!” – “no it ain’t!”

Posted on April 22, 2014 by henry tapper

Auto-enrolment and NEST are synonymous to many. Hugh Pym, the BBC’s chief economic correspondent told me he thought you could only auto-enrol into NEST and the mistake was repeated by Rachel Burden this morning on auto-enrolment. Rachel told the listeners … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, dc pensions, de-risking, NEST, Payroll | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, Government, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, social media | Leave a comment

Putting financial bloggers in their place

Posted on April 4, 2014 by henry tapper

Yesterday was interesting. I was shortlisted for Pensions Personality of the year – thanks to all who voted Pension Play Pen was shortlisted for technology solutions provider of the year – please vote here Another media awards event , the ABI … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, Blogging, journalism, Martin Lewis | Tagged ABI, Actuarial science, annuity, blogging, Business, Business and Economy, de-risking, Financial services, Government, journalism, NAPF, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement | 2 Comments

Standard Life comes up trumps

Posted on April 1, 2014 by henry tapper

Four years ago I sat in a crowded room in the DWP’s offices, to hear insurer after insurer refuse to commit to providing a service to small and medium sized companies, let alone the micro employers of which there are … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, workplace pensions | Tagged annuity, auto-enrolement, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Human Resources, Life annuity, Payroll, pension, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb | Leave a comment

9 days that shook the (pension) world.

Posted on March 29, 2014 by henry tapper

It began with the budget and ended with an FCA probe on Zombie funds. On the way we have had an 111 page paper that provides an ongoing framework for pension governance , bans pension commission and caps provider … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, Employment, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, Treasury, twitter | 2 Comments

We have scotch’d the snake not killed it – three years to sort out hidden charges

Posted on March 29, 2014 by henry tapper

We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it: She’ll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth. Macbeth Act 3 Scene 2 Of all the vested interest groups, the fund managers … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, Change, dc pensions, Henry Tapper blog, napf, pensions, steve webb | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, Government, London, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Steve Webb | Leave a comment

Annuity reform- payroll needs to be in the front seat!

Posted on March 27, 2014 by henry tapper

Yesterday I wrote about the positives of the proposed abolition of compulsory annuitisation for the life insurers active in the UK pensions market. Today I want to share thoughts on payroll, who are always the last to be consulted and the … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, Bankers, Payroll, pensions | Tagged Bureau, Business, Business and Economy, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, decumulation, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, Government, Insurer, Mastertrust, National Employment Savings Trust, Outsource, pension, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb | Leave a comment

Cash and Carry

Posted on March 25, 2014 by henry tapper

My Mum and Dad used to buy the ice-cream and cakes for the Methodist Fete at the cash and carry in Poole. They used to go down each summer in the Methodist Minibus and they would take me and … Continue reading →

Posted in auto-enrolment, CDC, pension playpen, pensions | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, CDC, Collective drwdown, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Drawdown, DWP, Financial services, flexible drawdown, long term care, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Retirement, Steve Webb | 2 Comments

George Osborne ate my pension – a blog by Hilary Salt

Posted on March 23, 2014 by henry tapper

This is a blog written on Hilary Salt’s Facebook page which everyone should read. They aren’t my views and I don’t agree with a lot of what Hilary is saying, but this is the first coherently argued position I have … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pensions | Tagged annuity, Budget 2014, Business, Business and Economy, dc pensions, de-risking, defined benefit, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, George Osborne, Insurance, Office for Budget Responsibility, Pension Liberation, Pension new, pensions, Retirement | 13 Comments

All the right funds- not necessarily in the right order (a budget prescient blog)

Posted on March 19, 2014 by henry tapper

I wrote this blog hours before the budget which abolished annuities. For some reason I decided this morning, to write about investment as if annuities didn’t exist. From 2015, for new pensioners- they will no longer be the default, … Continue reading →

Posted in auto-enrolment, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, defined aspiration, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Popcorn Pensions | Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Collective Pensions, consumptions, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, decumulation, Defined benefit pension plan, DGF, Diverification, Employment, Financial services, free-lunch, National Employment Savings Trust, notes, order, pension, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Business and Economy

Call in for a Great British Pension

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Standard Life comes up trumps

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