Tag Archives: Edi Truell
Truell climbs every mountain- (stream from here)
The hour long webcast of Edi Truell talking from a Swiss train to 40 or so Pension Playmates is not an exciting watch. We do not see the glacial peaks or the vertiginous cliffs that the train passes, we see … Continue reading
What’s Edi Truell up to next?
The immediate answer to that question is “skiing in the Swiss Alps”, but I don’t expect that’s what you really want to know. If you want to hear it from his own mouth, you can join a call … Continue reading
UK equities: stop tinkering and focus on the long term; Joseph Mariathasan
By Joseph Mariathasan February 2024 first published in IPE magazine) As the UK heads for a general election this year, both major parties (Labour and Conservative) will be proclaiming their solutions to the UK’s perennial problems of chronically low levels … Continue reading
Pension SuperHaven ; Turning pension savings into a “pension for life”
The Problem In the old days, when promised a pension from their company, most of our parents worked on the basis that the employer was sitting behind the promise and taking all the risk of paying a known i.e. defined, … Continue reading
Edi Truell’s super plan
I came across this article in an obscure (to me) publication called the Drawdown, it’s by Silvia Saccardi and was published on 26 October 2023. The Drawdown is clearly a well known publication in private equity circles, circles I sadly don’t spend … Continue reading
“Enter the superfund…” If only!
This post is worth unpacking as the Edmund (Edi) Truell has committed getting on for £50m of his hard earned capital to improving the funding of UK pensions, both in terms of quantity and quality Much needed If Britain is … Continue reading
Clara’s Party
Clara celebrated its first deal in style last night. The deal with Sears’ Pension Scheme is the proof of concept for superfunds but it a £31m boost for the 9,500 pensioners and deferred pensioners who otherwise had the eventual prospect … Continue reading
Truell on Superfunds; PPP coffee morning – 10 am today
Edi Truell has more reasons than most to back the Mansion House reforms. Through his investment vehicle – Disruptive Capital – he is offering an investment trust known as “Long Term Assets” . As the founder and funder of … Continue reading
Edi Truell on why “TPR is on the warpath”.
Edi Truell has more reasons than most to back the Mansion House reforms. Through his investment vehicle – Disruptive Capital – he is offering an investment trust known as “Long Term Assets” . As the founder and funder of … Continue reading
Truell claims buy-out “reinsurance” is “superfunds through the back-door”.
I recently reported on the Bank of England and Prudential Regulatory Authority’s concern that Insurers were passing on the management of assets and liabilities via reinsurance using captives in Bermuda and other offshore havens. This strikes the common reader as … Continue reading