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The rocket-fuel for recovery is love
In the pursuit of happiness (a principal theme of this blog), I am sometimes having to focus on “distress”. Now is such a time. There is a fine line between alleviating distress and profiting from it. We all know … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged Cornoavirus, COVID19, ezra pound, love, pensions, recovery
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A day to remember #Armistice100
It is 100 years since the Great War ended. It is a Sunday and my church will start the morning service 15 minutes only so we can stand in silence together and remember. There is nothing good to remember about … Continue reading
When does “creative disruption” become “scaremongering”?
It’s an important question to anyone who is involved with the BSPS. Today is the penultimate of Time to Choose, over the past week, the main job has been to encourage those who have not made an active choice, to … Continue reading
From frustration to disruption – how SMEs prosper!
Over the weekend I got a passionate note from a regular correspondent. Here it is – with the target of his frustration omitted! The concept of a TPA being paid twice is very common. The main culprit is Cxxxxx They have … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Data, Data Cleansing, David, David and Goliath, dc pensions, ezra pound, fiduciaries, Goliath, Pasolini, pension, pensions, ppf, Retirement, TPA, trustees
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Seafaring
My mood ‘mid the mere-flood,
Over the whale’s acre, would wander wide Continue reading
Posted in ezra pound, poetry
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Earth Sciences, ezra pound, Health, History, Iceland, International Maritime Bureau, On-base percentage, pension, Philippine, poetry, Seafarer, seafaring, William Laud
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Well you’ve got to laugh..Cameron, Fogarty, Mourinho, me..
Two matters have made me chuckle this morning.
Posted in ezra pound, Facebook, pension playpen, pensions, twitter
Tagged Angela Eagle, BBC Radio 5 Live, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Cameron, Ed Balls, ezra pound, Facebook, Grosvenor House Hotel, History, Humour, Laughter, Nicky Campbell, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Prime Minister's Questions, Shelagh Fogarty, Society, twitter
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The DB Phoenix
Things are pretty grim in DB land just now. The 3% hike in personal contributions to public sector pensions is likely to accelerate the trend for individuals to opt-out of DB leaving these schemes derelict. The anticipated abolition of contracting out from … Continue reading
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Tagged Ammunition, corporate governance, corporate risk, Employment, ezra pound, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, pensions, Phoenix, Phoenix Arizona, public sector
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The State can take longevity risk.
There is no evidence that the private sector has found the secret to insuring the cost of people living longer. It has merely found ways of insuring itself against the risks of ruin.
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Posted in ezra pound, NEST, poetry, Retirement
Tagged corporate risk, European Union, ezra pound, Financial services, Government, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, poetry, Politics, Private sector, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, The PEnsion Regulator
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I am weary of being weary of politics
Here error is all in the not done- all in the diffidence that faltered… Continue reading