Tag Archives: Financial literacy

Flunking financial literacy – it’s a global thing!

Posted on November 6, 2017 by henry tapper

Amin Rajan is a clever man and he has written a very good article in the FT that starts The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s recent exposure of the abuses around the 2015 pension freedoms that enable people to cash in their gold-plated … 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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“10 years too early, 10 years too late” – CDC stands on on an empty platform

Posted on December 6, 2015 by henry tapper

Nearly eight years ago, the Government Actuary ‘s Department produced  a paper that effectively killed CDC. It argued that CDC could not be relied upon to deliver benefits with the same certainty as our DB system and that there was no … Continue reading →

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Who invited banks into schools?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by henry tapper

What do the FT, Vivi Friedgut and Martin Lewis have in common? Answer; a common wish to keep banks out of schools! Why have I posted that stupid photo to this blog? Answer; because it demonstrates comparable imbecility of allowing banks … Continue reading →

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“Pensions aren’t dead yet!” January pension play pen lunch

Posted on January 8, 2013 by henry tapper

At an unusually passionate lunch, notable for the absence of the principal villain, Michael Johnson, the Play Pen set about putting pensions to rights. For those not in the loop, the Telegraph posted an article espousing the views of the aforementioned Johnson which … Continue reading →

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Pensions dead by 2050 – taking the Michael?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by henry tapper

The Daily Telegraph, which through Richard Evans has started writing sharp and provocative articles on pensions, came out with a corker just before Christmas. I read it on the beach and nearly choked on my sangria! Here it is in … Continue reading →

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Are your junior staff’s finances any business of yours?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by henry tapper

Vicki’s customers have unsecured debts, rental agreements, hangovers, STDs and attitude Continue reading →

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Keeping kids solvent

Posted on May 19, 2012 by henry tapper

Vivi Friedgut is quite a woman. Still in her early thirties she has left the world of private banking where she could make easy money advising the super-rich. She has chosen to invest her private capital in educating students and those at … Continue reading →

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Meaningless choice

Posted on November 25, 2011 by henry tapper

“choices should only be offered where they are meaningful, timely and can be taken in the full understanding of both up and downside”.
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