Tag Archives: Collective Pensions

If you don’t want exit penalties at retirement – stop paying middlemen!

Posted on September 17, 2015 by henry tapper

The Daily Telegraph’s Katie Morley is running a typically campaigning piece picking up on stats released to Government that show that an estimated 2.2m pension savers won’t get the full value of their pension pot if they exercise pension freedoms … Continue reading →

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Après-midi with the Bermondsey Bee – some thoughts on advice

Posted on October 22, 2014 by henry tapper

I spent some leisure time yesterday afternoon with Steve Bee in and around the Bermondsey St Debtor’s Prison in which Jargon Free has its offices. I am 10 years younger than Steve and for many years have seen him as … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Time is the new currency of information

Posted on February 20, 2014 by henry tapper

Sometime this week, Paul Lewis announced he had more “followers” than the Independent newspaper had “readers”. I thought that telling. I read the Indy, but mainly from @simonread ‘s tweets and I probably read more BBC stuff through @paulewismoney than … Continue reading →

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Why the ABI were so wrong about CDC

Posted on February 4, 2014 by henry tapper

This blog was first published on mallowstreet by the inimitable Kevin Wesbroom, whose bouffe is only matched by Ros Altmann’s and whose intellect is matched only by his integrity. Think big – think Kevin!   CDC – the case Against … Continue reading →

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Getting CEOs and Chairmen “seriously relaxed” about pensions.

Posted on September 27, 2012 by henry tapper

I don’t normally hob nob with FTSE 30  Chairmen so when I met one at a party over the weekend I hit on him about pensions…this is the nub of the conversation Me-What do you know about auto-enrolment? Chairman-My pension person … Continue reading →

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Maybe consumer cynicism about pensions is right..

Posted on September 24, 2012 by henry tapper

I want to restore faith in a pensions system we were once proud of. Yesterday I wrote about the Plumbing and Mechanical Services Pension Scheme – which you can read about here. Today I am praising a brilliant pamphlet published by … Continue reading →

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