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The FCA and Social Media (Canute II)
The FCA have set out their policy on social media which concentrates on the use of Twitter. It is worth a read, if only to establish why the supervision of the internet is as feasible as Canute’s supervision of the … Continue reading
Pension PlayPen needs your digits.
Digital marketing is something we’re having to learn as we go along. We’ve got to find 1,000,000 employers who don’t have a workplace pension and convince them of the importance of paying some attention to what their staff invest … Continue reading
Pensions are stopping us building houses and housing is stopping us buying pensions!
This was the 52nd pension play pen lunch and one of the best. Attended by a knowledgeable gang of social housing officers, pension consultants and a fair few bankers, the lunch group set out to answer the question “are pensions … Continue reading
Why clever people don’t do jargon
I think the best actuaries are hard to spot, you wouldn’t know they were actuaries. The same goes for the best investment managers. Last night I had dinner with Eve Finn and a table full of Legal & General … Continue reading
A race to the top?
We will not get this problem sorted out in a meeting room in the DWP, though the DWP can clear the decks and allow us to operate with a clean sheet of paper. Continue reading
Do linkedin endorsements do your head in?
You can’t stop someone from endorsing you, but you can opt out of having your endorsements show on your profile Continue reading
Collective pensions – what the industry thinks
Many thanks to the wondrous J Cumbo, the FT, mallowstreet (and uncle Tom Cobley) Continue reading
Would you take your chance on a mastertrust?
It’s called proper choice and I’m all for GPPs and mastertrusts squaring up to each other and having the argument Continue reading
Logins, passwords and all that tra la la!
How many times do you log in to a website a day? Just to get online this morning, I had to spend quarter of an hour telling Holiday Inn Express all about me. No doubt I have now subscribed to yet more mailings … Continue reading
Spamta Claws coming to town
It took me 51 years to clock it , but Santa is a spammer. Spamta. as I will now call him has invaded my inbox at least ten times a day throughout advent sending me seasons greetings in the names … Continue reading