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Of old and new; Derek Scott is my master!
As I’m near him in Scotland this week, I will promote some of the remarkable comments on my blog of Derek Scott to the blog itself. This will I hope solicit an invitation to visit him in his Fife Fiefdom … Continue reading
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Tagged accountant, Derek scott, Pensions, RailPen, Stagecoach, Tax
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Pensions Oldies speak out on CDC
I am pleased , when looking for this blog’s comments, to find some brilliant comments by Pensions Oldie and Peter Cameron – Brown and Derek Scott. The older commentators that this blog has, are very special to it. Here is … Continue reading
What journey’s best in the pension end-game?
I wanted this morning to explain a discussion that’s going on between experts about what has gone on between Stagecoach and Aberdeen over the Stagecoach pension trust. I couldn’t do that without explaining to a lot of people who think … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberdeen, Bob Compton, Derek scott, Discussion, Edi Truell, Pensions, Stagecoach, Transfer
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A DB Trustee gives us an history lesson on tax free cash
As a DB trustee, I sometimes wondered where the 25% tax free lump sum came from. Apparently it started back in an Edwardian age, when civil servants were granted a lump sum at retirement in return for a lower pension … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Derek scott, Financial services, Pensions, Retirement, tax free cash
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An alternative debate on risk, governance and advice – (between practitioners)
I wrote a blog on Sunday – Sunday Morning- John Plender and a song to the moon. It has had brilliant comments on it- as usual the comments are rather better than the blog and do John Plender’s … Continue reading
Bob Dylan’s Hurricane – live and uncensored.
This is a blog for some Scottish friends! Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane” is a great song, but the published version is a pale imitation of this one. The story goes that the personal references in this version could have landed Bob … Continue reading
Visions of Bob Dylan
I quoted lines from visions of Johanna in one of this week’s blogs and this (as I hoped it would) sparked my Dylanologist friend Derek Scott to send me some great comment. Although Blonde & Blonde was released in … Continue reading