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When ESG doesn’t work

Posted on September 12, 2023 by henry tapper

Robert Armstrong’s email this morning is a cautionary tale to those who think that having an ESG strategy is enough. Clearly some ESG strategies are more successful than others. In the hope that Glencore feels some pain from people’s reading … Continue reading →

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Investment transfer market needs a regulatory crackdown

Posted on September 9, 2023 by henry tapper

Interviewed by the Financial Times https://t.co/7tGzD4fcFF — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) September 9, 2023 I had thought to post Simon’s original blog about his treatment as he tried to transfer his pension savings from one wealth platform to another. But I … Continue reading →

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Marginal improvements in fund management won’t float pension’s boat.

Posted on August 30, 2023 by henry tapper

In this blog, I argue that fund management is one lever but not the key to solving systemic problems in pensions and the wider economy. Consolidation of funds may bring marginal improvements to the economy and fund performance, but the … Continue reading →

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PPF to the rescue! Could Britain’s £40bn lifeboat put pensions back to work?

Posted on May 26, 2023 by henry tapper

In a move that gets the thumbs up from this blogger, the FT report the Treasury eying up the Pension Protection Fund to take on assets and liabilities of smaller and weaker DB pensions , stuck at the back of … Continue reading →

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Selling swimming trunks when the tide goes out (a cautionary blog).

Posted on May 15, 2023 by henry tapper

  Today should be an interesting one , I can spend much of it listening to others talk about why pension funds should be giving money to managers who invest not in public stock markets (where we can see what’s … Continue reading →

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How our savings can compete for Europe’s best investment deals

Posted on May 9, 2023 by henry tapper

I title my blog “AgeWage- making your money work as hard as you do”.  Its two big themes are  that pensions need to become a replacement wage in later life and that, when funded – they invest with maximum impact. … Continue reading →

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How Nangle’s “Pension Shift” could change our landscape for good.

Posted on April 5, 2023 by henry tapper

Toby Nangle’s the brightest voice in pension journalism and I’m pleased to see an opinion piece of his is the FT’s editor’s pick today. Here’s the headline Pension shift will change the UK financial landscape Toby argues that there is … Continue reading →

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Macron wins his pension battle – can we win ours?

Posted on March 21, 2023 by henry tapper

    Last night , Emmanuel Macron won his vote – just. He survived two no-confidence votes.The no-confidence motion filed by a small group called Liot garnered support from 278 members of parliament in the National Assembly, falling short by … Continue reading →

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Vive la differance – Britain and France’s approaches to state pension reform

Posted on March 20, 2023 by henry tapper

“To finance our [pensions] system, which is among the most generous in the world, we must progressively ask those who can to work more” Vive la France, vive la réalité économique. https://t.co/cozeSGgEEQ — Mike Harrison (@HigherEdActuary) March 20, 2023 This … Continue reading →

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What’s gone on at Pensions Expert?

Posted on February 2, 2023 by henry tapper

For the past few years I have become increasingly fond of the pioneering and informed form of pensions journalism I’ve been reading in Pensions Expert. If I go to the Pensions Expert website I can still see the journalistic team … Continue reading →

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