Tag Archives: corporate governance

The markets are back but the damage is done.

Posted on August 28, 2015 by henry tapper

There are those who thrive on the ups and downs of the stock market; high frequency traders take fractional advantage of moves up and down and like wind farms, make most when it’s stormy. You can buy and sell this … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, CDC, China, collectives, corporate governance, corporate risk, damage, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial services, Government, income drawdown, Paul Lewis, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, The Great Fall of China | 4 Comments

Auto-enrolment – now get stuck in!

Posted on August 21, 2015 by henry tapper

Auto-enrolment is 3 years old but the real fun only starts here. In the coming quarter, we will be preparing for the big spikes in staging that begin in January 2016. Whether you are an accountant, work in a payroll … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, Ease, Employment, Financial services, L&G, Legal & General, pension, pension playpen, pensions, worksave, worksave pension play | Leave a comment

MUTINY AT THE BOUNTY!

Posted on August 16, 2015 by henry tapper

Yesterday was a shocker! As many of you know, (from first hand experience), I spend much of the summer driving my boat and guests up and down the Thames. Yesterday was no exception. What made yesterday different, was my … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Government, Henley, Knightsbridge, lady lucy, Mutiny, Mutiny on the Bounty, pension, Pension new, Pension Play Pen, pension playpen, River, Thames, The Bounty | 3 Comments

Disruption – is how social media regulates

Posted on August 15, 2015 by henry tapper

In the context of Business continuity management, Disruption is an event which causes an “unplanned, negative deviation from the expected delivery … according to the organization’s objectives”. In this blog, I argue that disruption is part of the governance process … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Payroll, smelly | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Disruption, Employment, Financial services, negative, pension, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, RDR, regulation, Retirement, South West Trains, Steve Webb | Leave a comment

Come on Sage – you can and should do better!

Posted on August 10, 2015 by henry tapper

Sage are a great British success story. Over the past 20 years they have become pre-eminent as a payroll software supplier and latterly a portal for a range of back-office business solutions. Www.pensionplaypen.com is itself a business customer, using SagePay … Continue reading →

Posted in Payroll, Salford Quays | Tagged accountant, auto enrolment, book keeper, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, practice, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Sage, workplace pension | 3 Comments

What employers can do to get their members better pensions

Posted on July 31, 2015 by henry tapper

Yesterday I had a chance to talk with a large employer about what they can do to help improve the outcomes of their DC plans. Influencing employees to get the best out of their pension savings means getting them to … Continue reading →

Posted in Payroll, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Popcorn Pensions | Tagged Actuarial science, advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, choice, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc, dc pensions, Financial services, Good governance, governance, Greg Broomer, investment decisions, Johnson Fleming, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb | Leave a comment

“We all defer together?” – Guest Blog from Ralph Frank

Posted on July 29, 2015 by henry tapper

The recently announced consultation on pensions tax relief has stirred up thought and debate on the issue of incentivising long-term saving. There are theoretical, commercial and practical aspects to be addressed in this process of defining an approach to pensions … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, Financial services, Investing, Investment, Investment management, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Ralph Frank, social media, Society, Tax, tax relief | Leave a comment

The transfer mess gets worse…

Posted on July 28, 2015 by henry tapper

It’s been some weeks since I wrote about transfers. To recap, I have been predicting a seizure in the transfer market , resulting from high demand, low-advisory capacity and pipes blocked with regulatory effluent. So it doesn’t come as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Treasury, trustee | Tagged Actuarial science, advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, Financial Services Authority, London, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pension transfers, pensions, Politics, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement | 10 Comments

Don’t you -forget about DB – guest blog from the TUC

Posted on July 27, 2015 by henry tapper

This blog is written by Tim Sharp of the TUC, thanks to Hilary Salt for pointing it out and for Tim and the TUC for allowing us to republish it! It is easy to overlook defined benefit (DB) pension schemes … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged Actuary, advice, annuities, auto enrolment, Business and Economy, CDC, charges, corporate governance, Dutch | Leave a comment

Why “pensions ISAs” must be more than ISAs

Posted on July 27, 2015 by henry tapper

Ros Altmann has recently commented that simply topping up ISAs and calling them “Pension ISAs” is not going to help solve our long-term retirement problems. The danger of using the ISA structure is that it ignores the fundamentals- that people … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged Business, CDC, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, Financial services, HRC, ISA, ISAs, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pension savings, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Savings, tax relief, TPR, Treasury | 4 Comments

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