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Richard Smith deserves a new year’s honour (this year or next) ! #pension #dashboard
Christmas finds Germany enthused by Richard Smith. We want him back in Britain for the new year. There is a good argument for advertising good news for the public by a Government keen to be well-regarded by the same. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertisement, Germany, Pension Dashboard, private pensions, public, Richard Smith
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Something to say about woman’s football – “Ann-Katrin Berger”.
I was having a good evening getting stuck into my wife and the Windsor Ukulele band getting stuck into their new set at the Swan. It was halftime and I popped on the phone to see what was going on … Continue reading
2-0 : a life framing evening
I think my earliest memory is of watching the World Cup Final in 1966. I would have been four and I remember the room, the excitement and my Mum and Dad’s happiness. 55 years on, I am anticipating getting a … Continue reading
Are the excess deaths in 2020 just a ‘shortfall’ from 2019
By Richard Marshall COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Summary It has been suggested that the severity of COVID-19 in the UK is partly due to the low mortality in 2019, when we experienced a “shortfall” in … Continue reading
“Be fast. Have no regrets. You must be the first mover”.
“Fast moving actuary” was once the title of a gossip column in Professional Pensions. It’s an intentional oxymoron, the actuary’s stock in trade is prudence – standing back. But “with a pandemic you can never act too early” and … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, age wage, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged actuaries, COVID19, Germany, Nicola Oliver, Trump
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For you, my friend, drawdown is over- the chimera of freedom
This article is about collective pensions, it’s not technical, anyone can read it and – I hope- enjoy it. I wrote it after discussing pensions with my landlady at my Munich hotel. My friend Abraham has it in a nutshell. … Continue reading
“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
Posted in Henry Tapper blog, Politics
Tagged Business, city noble, Eamonn O'Connor, Euro, Eurozone, France, Germany, gifts, Greeks, pensions
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Performance enhancing rugs
News is coming in that Wayne Rooney has tested positive for a performance enhancing rug. His magnificent header from all of 6 inches crowned another fab night’s footie in Ukrania. And this in a game that but for Capello’s pleading, our … Continue reading
What will Europe do to our pensions?
Europe will, given half a chance, screw up our pensions. I don’t want that to happen. Well done Cameron for digging in your heels.
Posted in EU Solvency II, mallowstreet
Tagged Allianz, BRIC, Britain, Cameron, German, Germany, Holy Grail, Solvency II
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