Tag Archives: Economics

Nuts traced as market collapses – @ #ppshow

Posted on September 22, 2011 by henry tapper

£64bn fell off the shares of the London stock market today. Meanwhile we were holed up in the Excel Centre, listening to the views of the great and the good.. Here are my good buddies Colin Wilson and David Harris. It … Continue reading →

Posted in corporate governance, de-risking, pension playpen | Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, Business, Colin Wilson, corporate governance, corporate risk, David Harris, de-risking, Economics, England, ExCeL London, Investing, London, OECD, Olympic Delivery Authority, Olympic Games, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Pension new, pension playpen, Stock market, Stocks and Bonds | 2 Comments

None of my business

Posted on September 11, 2011 by henry tapper

I went to a meeting last week at the end of which the pension manager I was speaking with asked “I can see why this matters but why are you bothering?”. A very sensible question as it happened since the commercial … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement | Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Economics, Financial services, Human Resources, Insurance, Jenny Davidson, Life annuity, moneysavingexpert, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Retirement | 7 Comments

A pound spent on pension’s as good as salary – the new golden rule

Posted on September 9, 2011 by henry tapper

I published a blog recently on the need for the DWP to take notice of the real concerns of the ASA. It got some really interesting comments made on various sites mainly opposing the ACA’s pessimism. Interestingly the pessimism of the actuaries mirrors … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, Fiduciary Management, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement | Tagged annuity, Business, corporate governance, croydon, dc pensions, Economics, Employment, Fiduciary Management, Financial services, Human Resources, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Salary, Society | 4 Comments

IFEs not IFAs

Posted on August 31, 2011 by henry tapper

If you’ve followed my posts over the past few days, you’ll l know I’ve referred to a debate between advisers, insurers, pension managers and trustees which started out discussing the ethics of incentivizing enhanced transfer values and has moved toi discussing how and when advice … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, Liability Driven Investment, pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Treasury | Tagged annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, Economics, Employment, EU Solvency II, Financial adviser, Frank Field, Human Resources, Independent Financial Adviser, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pensions, Peter Flanagan, Politics, Proto-Indo-European language, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Treasury, trustee, Trustees | 18 Comments

The right to screw up your pension

Posted on August 29, 2011 by henry tapper

There’s a place in Iceland where the American and European tectonic plates grind together like two sets of molars. At Thingvellir you can smell the sulphur emitting from the fissures where the plates grind and you can peer into the unfathomable … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged corporate risk, Economics, Employment, Financial services, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, Nortel, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, pensions, Society, The PEnsion Regulator, United States | 15 Comments

That ETV debate in full

Posted on August 20, 2011 by henry tapper

Sometimes people’s comments on blogs are more interesting than the blog itself- this is certainly the case in a blog I wrote last week on “Enhanced Transfer Values” the thrust of which is that there are better ways to de-rsik defined benefit pension plans than by giving members cash bungs to transfer out theirguaranteed rights.
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Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen | Tagged annuity, Cash, Daily Mail, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Economics, Human Resources, KPMG, linkedin, Martyn Lewis, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Peter, Peter Flanagan, Wonga.com | 11 Comments

Pooh Eeyore and Owl retire

Posted on August 14, 2011 by henry tapper

“it’s not that bad – we’re only in a children’s story and there are lots of people who have made our mistakes who live in the real world beyond the edge of the Hundred Acre Wood.”

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