Tag Archives: Economy

NHS shows our pension tax strategy is in a cul-de-sac.

Posted on August 28, 2022 by henry tapper

Kat Lay’s article on NHS pensions in The Times yesterday has sent alarm bells ringing at the FT. Kat suggests that the rules around the Annual Allowance that have been flagged by the BMA for the past four years are … Continue reading →

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Global and UK Economic Recovery up to September 2020

Posted on October 13, 2020 by henry tapper

  Covid-19.arg Global and UK Economic Recovery up to September 2020 COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence.   Summary There are clear signs of economic recovery in the UK following the lockdown between March and June, as … Continue reading →

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Death by discount rates

Posted on July 24, 2020 by henry tapper

Q: When is a million dollars not a million dollars? A: When it is not yet a million dollars. The pensions business is all about the long term. Fund managers like me are responsible for ensuring we have sufficient funds … Continue reading →

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What has COVID-19 done to our economy? How can we recover? – Joseph Lu

Posted on June 2, 2020 by henry tapper

  What has COVID-19 done to the economy? The UK’s economy started the year with a rising stock market and house prices, said to be the continuation of a ‘Boris Bounce’ after a landslide election win that inspired business activity. … Continue reading →

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Do you work in the bullshit economy?

Posted on May 17, 2020 by henry tapper

Stefan Stern has kindly shared an opinion piece he’s written in the Guardian, which I like very much. You can read it for free here (thanks to the Guardian’s enlightened sharing policy) Five years ago, Stella and I moved back … Continue reading →

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Respect for the self-employed

Posted on November 6, 2016 by henry tapper

It’s a truth as old as the hills that there are two types of self-employed. Those who choose to be and those who have no choice. Most people who read this blog have more experience with the “professional” classes who … Continue reading →

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Buildings for the future -time to spend cheap money.

Posted on October 8, 2016 by henry tapper

I am with Nigel Wilson on this “QE was designed by the rich for the rich; it drove up the price of assets rather than creating new ones and there has never been so much money available as today”, It’s … Continue reading →

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“Britain’s future is brighter than the British realise!” – Dr Pippa Malmgren

Posted on September 11, 2016 by henry tapper

This is a blog by Pippa Malmgren. I met her through the good folk at Mallowstreet and she is my favourite economic commentator bar none. So I’m really pleased she’s agreed for me to republish this remarkable work here.   … Continue reading →

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BREXIT – big business hysteria has to stop – Stephen Kelly – Sage.

Posted on July 8, 2016 by henry tapper

  The tale of Chicken Little was a Kelly bedtime story favourite – and in recent days in post-referendum Britain, some of our leaders seem to have taken a lead from the famous farmyard fable. In the story, Chicken Little … Continue reading →

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What is the goal of good management?

Posted on February 10, 2016 by henry tapper

Discretion is the better part of valour- they used to say. Then along came social media and discretion is not the kind of word that you use when you only have 140 characters at your disposal. Some thought that the … Continue reading →

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