Tag Archives: London

Let’s play fantasy CIO at NEST!

Posted on January 11, 2015 by henry tapper

NEST has invited  all of us to play “fantasy CIO” and create a default investment strategy for its members to and through retirement. If you’re prepared to get to page 118 of the consultation paper, you are asked as question 18 … Continue reading →

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Hats off to all workplace pension providers

Posted on December 11, 2014 by henry tapper

  I’ve referred earlier this week to an excellent article by Kim North in Money Marketing in which she points to the ongoing work Scottish Widows have been doing on the participation of women in workplace pensions. In the same … Continue reading →

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Disclosing costs – we are almost there!

Posted on November 18, 2014 by henry tapper

The Financial Services Consumer Panel have issued a damning condemnation on the £5tr British Funds Industry for failing to tell people what they are paying for and how much they are paying when they invest their money in British Funds. … Continue reading →

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The Lord Mayor’s Show – don’t you know! (photoblog)

Posted on November 9, 2014 by henry tapper

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Why we have no time for “Banker Immunity”.

Posted on October 8, 2014 by henry tapper

  We have not seen bankers marched in handcuffs from their desks but now it seems we might. The regulators have put-out a consultation paper that seeks to pin accountability on Directors (including non-executive Directors). A good friend of mine … Continue reading →

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A tale of two Cities

Posted on September 3, 2014 by henry tapper

      Have you ever turned up at a place and realised you shouldn’t be there – but stayed anyway just to see what it was like? That’s what happened to me yesterday. I went to an event about … Continue reading →

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Please don’t discourage saving (guest blog from Ralph Frank)

Posted on August 17, 2014 by henry tapper

  The Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) recently released its latest “scenario analysis of future pension incomes” (the “Analysis”). A key finding of the Analysis is that the proportion of people under-saving for retirement increases as income rises. Part … Continue reading →

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These you have loved (the pension brands that fell by the wayside)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by henry tapper

Here is a list of the insurers participating in the ABI’s DC legacy review and the brands under which they provide (or originally provided) DC workplace pensions.  Abbey Life  Abbey Life Assurance  Hill Samuel Life Assurance  Target … Continue reading →

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Three old farts on DC regulation

Posted on July 23, 2014 by henry tapper

            John Reeve, whose previous comments on DC I have dismissed as the “wittering of an out of touch actuary”, has written a telling comment on mallowstreet. I’m sure he won’t mind me re-publishing it … Continue reading →

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We have scotch’d the snake not killed it – three years to sort out hidden charges

Posted on March 29, 2014 by henry tapper

  We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it: She’ll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth. Macbeth Act 3 Scene 2   Of all the vested interest groups, the fund managers … Continue reading →

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