Tag Archives: Business and Economy

Paul Bradshaw – champagne please!

Posted on June 27, 2011 by henry tapper

Paul Bradshaw – the man behind Skandia and latterly Nucleus, Annuity Direct and a number of similar advisory ventures is a canny man- it was not for nothing that he offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could truly claim to offer independent … Continue reading →

Posted in mallowstreet, pension playpen | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Champagne, Chardonnay, France, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, linked in, mallowstreet, Martyn Lewis, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Pinot noir, Skandia | 2 Comments

You can’t buy a sausage with a brick

Posted on June 1, 2011 by henry tapper

Time to start saving for your future lads – you can’t buy a sausage with a brick – never could. You certainly can’t fund your retirement from negative equity.

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Posted in Retirement | Tagged Business and Economy, Case–Shiller index, Economist, Economy, Estate agent, housing market, J. P. Morgan, Mortgage loan, Negative equity, Pension new, Pensions, Price, Property, Real estate bubble, Real estate economics, Real estate pricing, Retirement | 1 Comment

Whose NEST is being feathered?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by henry tapper

In everyday speak- the early phase NEST default investment approach is patronising nonsense and its only value is to NEST and Government Continue reading →

Posted in NEST | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Consultant, Default (finance), Financial services, Funds, Investing, Investment, Investor, Mutual fund, NEST, Non-sufficient funds, Pension new, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, regulation | 2 Comments

What really matters -DC outcomes

Posted on February 4, 2011 by henry tapper

DC consulting concentrates on the hard things and misses the easy ones. What we need is a pragmatic, plain-speaking and pragmatic approach to DC pensions and that is exactly what we’ve decided to provide Continue reading →

Posted in pensions, Retirement | Tagged Business and Economy, European Union, Financial services, Future, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, Nigeria, pension, Pension new, Pensions, pensions, Retirement | 10 Comments

Spend don’t save.

Posted on October 31, 2010 by henry tapper

Let’s adopt a spend mentality to the future Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged Business and Economy, Employment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pensions, Saving, Steve Webb, Tom McPhail, Victoria Derbyshire | 2 Comments

Hapless man tries to buy a pension

Posted on October 17, 2010 by henry tapper

A man walks into a shop, goes to the counter and asks the shopkeeper for a pension

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Posted in pensions | Tagged Business and Economy, Consumer price index, Financial services, Investing, pension, pensions, Retail Price Index, Retirement, Treasury | Leave a comment

Is guidance good enough – FSA?

Posted on October 10, 2010 by henry tapper

One of the consequences of the pensions mis-selling scandal of the 1990s has been a long tail of distrust between occupational trustees and their advisers and advisers regulated by the FSA. Continue reading →