Tag Archives: financial services industry

Bad practice or malpractice?

Posted on June 27, 2015 by henry tapper

Johnson hath spoken! Michael is one of the few people who owes the financial services industry nothing. His voice is independent and trustworthy and his latest contribution to the debate on how we fund our retirement is welcome Pensions are … Continue reading →

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Let’s not get caught with our trousers down (again).

Posted on June 3, 2015 by henry tapper

The reason we have NEST and its £400m debt to the tax-payer is that the private sector refused to commit to supporting auto-enrolment ten years ago. If the organisations like Legal & General, Standard Life and Aviva , could have … Continue reading →

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Can we afford financial services in times of austerity?

Posted on February 5, 2015 by henry tapper

  Thomas Philippon , the celebrated economist, gave a lecture on Tuesday Morning as part of London University’s Leading Minds series. The gist of his talk is that the cost of financial services (the collective name for everyone who is an … Continue reading →

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