Tag Archives: Greece

This is no country for old women

I haven’t been a great fan of academic pensions research or researchers for that matter. The research is typically a big whinge about people not getting a fair deal, the researchers comfortably cocooned in university sponsored sinecures or pensions. So I … Continue reading

Posted in actuaries, annuity, pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

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

Posted in Euro 2012, football | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The taX factor

Tune into Europe‘s latest and greatest talent show where you chose who stays and who goes in Club €. And without further ado, lets introduce you to our judges tonight…  Mao Tse Bung – Eastern potentate – owner of  Africa Mr George … Continue reading

Posted in Greece | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pension Play Pen lunch rescues Generation Y from retirement hell

DISCLAIMER; this account is in no way a fair representation of either the event or the views of any of the participants . It  is produced to provoke thought and pleasure – blue sky on a grey day. In a shock … Continue reading

Posted in Church of England, de-risking, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Ah- Vested Self Interest – that’s alright then!

We have a brace of fine headlines this week – Citywire report that Standard Life believe that ISAs should be part of the auto-enrolment mechanism and some SRI peddlar is reported on twitter extolling the need for auto-enrolment to include some seriously socially responsible investment. No … Continue reading

Posted in corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Liberal Democrats, NEST, pensions, Retirement, Treasury, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

All changed,changed utterly: a terrible beauty is born

The markets have consistently reacted favourably to the prospect of a ConLib Coalition.
Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Those lazy Latinos- they’re all bigots

Those lazy Latinos- they’re all bigots Continue reading

Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

New Tricks- fiddling the costs of police officer’s pensions.

New tricks? Mama Mia! Is Britain Greece 2.0? Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Public sector pension debt

How long before the ratings agencies catch up with us and require us to take action over our public sector pension debt? Continue reading

Posted in pensions, Treasury | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments