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Alternative ways to listen to Nico, Darren and now Richard and friends.
I am pleased that Darren and Nico have answered the questions that have been put to them but slightly disappointed that more challenging questions have not been asked. Here are the questioners who have been answered in one go though … Continue reading
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Tagged Darren, Nico, Questions, Richard, Richard Smith, VFM, VFM podcast
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Questions to the VFM boys
I’ve listened to the V-FM Pensions #154 at which point the boys start answering the numerous questions that have followed their plea for an interrogation. Let’s be clear , this is the AI summary, not the inspiration of the boys. … Continue reading
Samantha Gould – a cosmopolitan-glamorous guest for Nico and Darren
Sam Gould is Nico and Darren’s guest this week and she turns up excited and genned up about how to behave. I’m pleased to see her thoughts and those of her companions are constrained to just over an hour! Darren … Continue reading
Damian Stancombe – feeling good about winding down
I struggle to pin down what make Damian Stancombe such an engaging character. He has become a pensions celebrity without ever pinning his colours to any particular mast and it’s hard to work out what exactly he does. In his … Continue reading
Is that all there is? Nico and Darren see the Government run out of energy over VFM
In this podcast, Darren and Nico finally run out of guests, energy and time. A listener asks them to keep the pod to an hour- it runs to 63 minutes. I reckon there is no more than 10 minutes … Continue reading
I have offended friends – that shouldn’t happen.
I have offended my friend Darren Philp using this blog to characterise he and Nico Aspinall as pension’s Chuckle brothers. I’ve ripped into Nico for being a pensions patrician and criticised a bunch of well meaning pension companies for creating … Continue reading
Consultants and VFM – Nico and Darren’s podcast #9
I spent my lunchtime yesterday wondering up to the Regents Canal in Islington listening to Nico, Darren and Sophia Singleton talking about VFM from DC pensions. Well that’s not exactly true, more of the conversation was about DB plans (and … Continue reading
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Nico and Darren quiz the Pension Plowman
Nico Aspinall and Darren Philp are bi-handedly doing the pensions industry a favour by publishing a series of podcasts on Value for Money. All can be accessed by click-through above and all of them are good. But I’m particularly … Continue reading
Let’s not forget the Mexican Fisherman (a nice tale from Darren Jefferson)
In the corporate world we’re always chasing the next deal, having increased chargeable hours targets, told by the States and our UK management to diversify our product and service range to generate more revenue for our shareholders. Market capitalisation or … Continue reading