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The English have much to learn from these enlightened Scots.

Posted on April 2, 2015 by henry tapper

The Library of Innerpeffray sits in rural Perthshire close to Crieff. It is one of the oldest lending libraries in the world and was established by Henry Drummond in around 1680. I visited it on a snowy day in April and … Continue reading →

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When pensions de-mutualise

Posted on March 10, 2013 by henry tapper

When you take the mutuality out of pensions , you take good pensions out of mutuals. Continue reading →

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How Malcolm Small was ahead of his time

Posted on June 7, 2012 by henry tapper

Update I wrote this article 6 years ago, 4 years before the Pension Freedoms (which Malcolm Small predicted). Malcolm is now dead and this article is dedicated to his memory. It was originally called “Sherbert Dib-Dabs for breakfast”   Malcolm … Continue reading →

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Pension Corporation points the way to “ambitious pensions”

Posted on April 11, 2012 by henry tapper

A timely report arrived yesterday from the Pension Corporation estimating that the cost of replacing a standard DB benefit structure using DC had risen to 55% of salary. PIC’s business model is based on managing out DB plans on a … Continue reading →

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DWP – Do some Work for your Pensions.

Posted on November 5, 2011 by henry tapper

Higham said it was a ‘disgrace’ and asked the DWP for an explanation but said he had not received a satisfactory answer. Continue reading →

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“You’re on your own in retirement” claims blue-blood at Pension Play Pen lunch.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by henry tapper

Dick Strattan gives collective DC a kick in the nuts.
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Thank goodness for Hutton

Posted on March 13, 2011 by henry tapper

Hats off to the coalition to tackling this subject and congratulations to Lord Hutton for establishing a debate which both in content and tone has the potential to let us reorganise our society upon fairer and more efficient lines.

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All changed,changed utterly: a terrible beauty is born

Posted on May 11, 2010 by henry tapper

The markets have consistently reacted favourably to the prospect of a ConLib Coalition.
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Clegg4pm- strange things happen.

Posted on April 22, 2010 by henry tapper

There is a very real possibility that Nick Clegg will become our next prime minister – albeit with no overall majority. Whether he will comes down to whether voters will retain their current sense of adventure or take fright at the prospect of something quite new. Continue reading →

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I am weary of being weary of politics

Posted on April 6, 2010 by henry tapper

Here error is all in the not done- all in the diffidence that faltered… Continue reading →

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