Tag Archives: Inflation

PLSA’s retirement living standards – a moving target!

Posted on January 13, 2023 by henry tapper

This year’s update on our need for retirement income if we are to have a basic , moderate or comfortable lifestyle is really valuable. The headline finding is that the cost of living crisis adds up to a 20% greater … Continue reading →

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Inflation stalks the halls of the PLSA conference.

Posted on May 26, 2022 by henry tapper

  The PLSA’s Edinburgh conference is for a second time happening in the midst of turmoil. Yesterday’s event started with a montage of footage beginning in March 2020 when the event last took place and taking us to today reminding … Continue reading →

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“Real return, real return – wherefore art thou real return” – Con’s cri de couer

Posted on March 31, 2021 by henry tapper

Con Keating’s cri de couer demands an answer. Shakespeare scholars will recognize that Juliet was not asking “where Romeo” as much as “why  Romeo”. This article asks where inflation beating returns can be secured and leaves us answering the question … Continue reading →

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When you’re 64… buy the state pension! (girls buy even earlier!)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by henry tapper

  I chaired and spoke at a number of retirement income seminars last month – you may have been at one. While I was encouraged by the engagement and education of the audience in financial products, I was frustrated by the scope … Continue reading →

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The value of the triple-lock,

Posted on January 5, 2014 by henry tapper

No doubt there will be many commentators who will sneer at this promise of Cameron’s. I will not be one of them. Continue reading →

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Why bother to save? – Invest instead!

Posted on August 9, 2013 by henry tapper

What this policy is about is getting people to invest in real assets for the best interests in society Continue reading →

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About that pensions pile-up down the road…

Posted on July 8, 2013 by henry tapper

Watching literally hundreds of thousands of people doing this every year in the last five has been like watching the biggest motorway pile-up Britain has ever seen! Continue reading →

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How to buy a pension

Posted on May 5, 2012 by henry tapper

Buying your pension is one if not the biggest financial decisions you will take (or have taken). It’s fearfully difficult and most people take it with little help and – worse-information. Almost everyone is going to have to do it and that so … Continue reading →

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