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Tag Archives: France
We’ve gotta horse!
The Pension PlayPen is putting together a band of brothers/sisters to buy one and a half legs of a young German racehorse. The horse is called Moonlight Camp which should satisfy on a number of diversity grounds. But … Continue reading
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Posted in Horse racing, pension playpen
Tagged Ascot, France, Gold Cup, Horse, national hunt, pension playpen, pensions
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Henley Royal Regatta – Warren Muggleton’s take
As some readers will know, the Pension PlayPen was on the river last week, including a day with the Muggletons! Warren (pictured in the blue blazer), is a budding sports journalist so I’m pleased to feature this account of his Henley. … Continue reading
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Posted in henley, pensions
Tagged Canford, Eton, Euros, France, Henley, Henley Royal Regatta, Wales, Warren Wuggleton, Wimbledon
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What happened in Paris makes me want to win peace – not war!
In Paris there has been a massacre. Every week in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and in many African countries, there are massacres. In Syria, every day is a day of massacres. Massacres of people whose lives are as important as our … Continue reading
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HAPPY RUGBY WINS!
As I seem to spend most of this weekend commuting from Central London to Eton on trains running through Twickenham, I have not been able to avoid the rugby world cup. I now know that West London is populated entirely by Kiwis, Boks and Aussies … Continue reading
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Posted in pensions
Tagged Argentina, Australia, France, Happy, Irleland, NewZealand, rugby, RWC15, Scotland, South Africa, Wales
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“Greeks bearing no gifts” -Eamonn O’Connor on the power of a “pair of two’s”.
My friend Eamonn O’Connor, who is busy setting up City Noble, had time to share this little nugget. Far too subtle for this blog and a pearl before the Plowman’s swine Eamonn! Plenty of posturing in Euroland at present: the … Continue reading
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Posted in Henry Tapper blog, Politics
Tagged Business, city noble, Eamonn O'Connor, Euro, Eurozone, France, Germany, gifts, Greeks, pensions
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What a match! England v France #sixnations
https://twitter.com/pensionlawyeruk/status/429651442501451776 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3_UxrgINU Yesterday’s Six Nations thriller , narrowly won by France in the closing minutes, will go down as an all-time great. No need to rehearse the details, Tom Fordyce’s match report for the BBC does very nicely. … Continue reading
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Posted in rugby
Tagged 2014, Corporate, England, France, Paris, RBS, Referee, Rugby Football Union, Rugby Union, Six Nations
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I like this England Football Team
When you look across the banners at England games, you see the names of Grimsby, Exeter , Crewe and Nottingham Forest, teams that supporters do not expect to be winning much next year. Those supporters follow their teams not for … Continue reading
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Posted in football, happiness, World Cup
Tagged England, England national football team, France, Glen Johnson, Grimsby, Hodgson, Poland, Roy Hodgson
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Mrs Higham’s letter
There are three things troubling me this morning – four if you include the outcome of Wales v France in the Rugby World Cup. For the purposes of the next 1,000 words I’ll concentrate on them in reverse order of … Continue reading
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Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Finance Act, France, Higham, Nortel, Open Market Option, pension, Pension Regulator, Wales
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The man from OECD says “guess”
It’s a sobering time for those involved in pensions policy and for those who are trying to advise companies and people in how to organises their finances to meet their retirement income needs. One thing people don’t want to do is guess. They … Continue reading
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Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, Liability Driven Investment, NEST, OECD, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Australia, Chile, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined contribution plan, France, Germany, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, Politics, Retirement, Stock market index, United States
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Paul Bradshaw – champagne please!
Paul Bradshaw – the man behind Skandia and latterly Nucleus, Annuity Direct and a number of similar advisory ventures is a canny man- it was not for nothing that he offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could truly claim to offer independent … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Champagne, Chardonnay, France, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, linked in, mallowstreet, Martyn Lewis, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Pinot noir, Skandia
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