Tag Archives: Empower

If your boss doesn’t care about your pension , he doesn’t care about you.

Posted on June 6, 2016 by henry tapper

Popcorn pensions We’re used to bosses telling us that we’re the company’s greatest resource.Britain is a service led economy and even in an increasingly digital market, the human resource is expensive to acquire and to replace. If you have a … Continue reading →

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Getting to financial self-sufficiency

Posted on February 16, 2016 by henry tapper

  I’m fascinating by the different ways in which people learn things -especially by the way that the internet has made it possible for people to become expert in quite difficult things in a very short time. Of course there … Continue reading →

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What exactly is a pension dashboard?

Posted on September 8, 2015 by henry tapper

At yesterday’s session of the DWP select committee there was consensus that a pensions dashboard is a good idea. Curry: Pensions dashboard has worked internationally & the technology exists for it to happen. — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) September 7, 2015 Fritz: … Continue reading →

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Re-engaging employers with their staff pensions

Posted on August 14, 2015 by henry tapper

Once it was so simple. Good employers offered good pensions and lousy employers didn’t. The good employers congregated at NAPF conferences and congratulated themselves and an industry fed on the easy money growing within these plans. But then came lower … Continue reading →

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Advice and education

Posted on May 20, 2015 by henry tapper

  I chaired a meeting of independent financial advisers at RIBA yesterday. The best thing about the morning was the half hour spent over lunch in the wonderful Rennie Mackintosh exhibition within RIBA’s beautiful HQ in Great Portland Street, a … Continue reading →

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The NHS may hold the keys to Guidance

Posted on July 30, 2014 by henry tapper

  I’m indebted to KPMG research for this excellent piece of research. If you didn’t click the link, here is the text of an article entitled “Can patients get the information they need”. Patients need information that is often very … Continue reading →

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