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Transparency front and centre- the Government statement on VFM
I’m publishing this statement on this blog to remind us all that “transparency” is the key word. It is the word that fired many of our careers ;it is the word that incited AgeWage and Clearglass and the Transparency Task … Continue reading
The Token will open up private markets for pensions benefiting pensioners
I have recently posted about tokenification work being done by Smart and Mobius, Octopus to put investment administration on the blockchain. Now let’s look at a prospect that opens an investment of nautical infrastructure to institutional investors asd-sco-introduction-december-2025-1-pdffrom Henry Tapper … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow, blockchain, Con Keating, Merchant of Venice, Pensions, valuation
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Financing the next wave of New Towns; investment not Government borrowing
I have been sent a blog from Tom Aubrey and Con Keating about how we pay for the new towns we need to house millions of people who aren’t living in their own places or living in places they’d prefer … Continue reading
CDC – we “stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start”.
I am pleased with the news that Parliament will have legislation set before it on Thursday tomorrow, which will allow the CDC on a whole of life basis to go ahead. A consultation about at retirement CDC will follow shortly. … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, annuity, Business, CDC, Con Keating, dc, pension, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Andrew Watson speaks this morning of the “Taxonomy of Intangibles” – 10.30am (details here)
Taxonomy of Intangibles – Rethinking Capital After a couple of weeks thinking about consumer issues, we are moving towards a more institutional discussion today at the Pension PlayPen. Join this meeting – click here today (Tues 21st Oct) We are … Continue reading
“The first major accounting update in at least 500 years” – Andrew Watson
Taxonomy of Intangibles – Rethinking Capital After a couple of weeks thinking about consumer issues, we are moving towards a more institutional discussion next Tuesday at the Pension PlayPen. Join this meeting here We are delighted that Andrew Watson, will … Continue reading
Taxonomy of Intangibles – by Rethinking Capital
After a couple of weeks thinking about consumer issues, we are moving towards a more institutional discussion next Tuesday at the Pension PlayPen. We are delighted that Andrew Watson, will be presenting his view on the taxonomy of intangibles … Continue reading
How can we have new towns, good homes and afford it?
Con Keating and Thomas Aubrey are speaking on this this morning at 10.30 am and you can hear them discussing the document from the link here Click here to join at 10.30 September 30th (Today) This should be news if … Continue reading
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Tagged Afforable, Con Keating, New Homes, New Towns, Pensions, Thomas Aubrey
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Is “Impact Investment” serious? It should be to our pension funds
On Tuesday, we’re having a debate on how we pay for New Towns in the UK. I have been thinking about alternatives to hiking up gilt yields by borrowing from the Exchequer. What’s needed is impact investment and that can … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Society Capital, capital, Con Keating, Robert Gardner, Sir Ronnie Cohen, Thomas Aubrey
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When the end game goes wrong – who pays the price?
A storm-busting performance by Con Keating and William McGrath helps us understand how so much money is lost by the wrong decisions in what is known as the end-game. Don’t be fooled by the cheerful bro Zuu, there is a … Continue reading