Tag Archives: growth

Being Objective about Liability Driven Investment

Posted on March 29, 2023 by henry tapper

  Following our blog on the costs of LDI ( https://henrytapper.com/2023/03/25/the-costs-of-ldi-keating-and-clacher/ ), we received a comment which said: “To be objective don’t you have to look at the aggregate round trip? i.e., money made from LDI since the start to … Continue reading →

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ONS numbers show how “de-risking” did for growth

Posted on March 24, 2023 by henry tapper

While most of us would see weight loss as a good thing, it can cause harm – especially when pursued fanatically. In this blog I look at latest Government figures and ask whether pension schemes are losing weight in the … Continue reading →

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This may be the last week I can grow my linked in connections.

Posted on February 11, 2023 by henry tapper

I currently have over29,900 linked in connections , 28,500 of whom follow me. I have recently been getting messages from Linked in reminding me LinkedIn members can have up to 30,000 1st-degree connections. To ensure an optimal experience on LinkedIn, … Continue reading →

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Pensions or growth? Or both?

Posted on January 3, 2023 by henry tapper

In 2022, attempts to de-risk UK DB pensions put the Government’s borrowing capacity in peril and led to an increase in borrowing costs for most UK citizens who now pay a “moron premium” on money lent to them. I challenge … Continue reading →

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The Funded Pension System – as an engine of economic growth – has hit the buffers.

Posted on November 9, 2022 by henry tapper

  In a major article , labelled an FT “big read, Jo Cumbo and Jonathan Ely , examine the LDI crisis and try to establish how pension schemes will change the way they invest. In its central session it contains … Continue reading →

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Should our appetite for growth reduce with age?

Posted on April 20, 2022 by henry tapper

  I hear a lot about “appetite for risk” but nothing about “appetite for growth”. We are currently experiencing high inflation , some would say stagflation. Stagflation is when things cost more but we don’t produce more – so don’t … Continue reading →

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