Tag Archives: Mercer

It’s not just what you save, it’s the way you invest it – that’s what gets results

Posted on March 30, 2021 by henry tapper

Bananarama  and the Funboy Three do not figure on my Spotify playlists , they supplied us with some annoying earworms and the inspiration for this blog but  ‘Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) is a … Continue reading →

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Putting “transfer” in employer’s heads

Posted on March 3, 2020 by henry tapper

Since 2012, the industry has self regulated pension transfer exercises where employers offer staff a financial incentive, to quit good quality schemes. Industry leaders are now calling for the Govt to intervene after saying self-regulation is failing https://t.co/sSwvLQG94A — Josephine … Continue reading →

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CMA investment probe shock; the big three breathe again!

Posted on July 19, 2018 by henry tapper

It shows the distance between the consumer and the investment consultant that all but a handful of readers will know what this headline refers to. To the general public, the Competition and Markets Authority’s probe into the opaque world of … Continue reading →

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With “good risk” , we can push the sky away.

Posted on June 4, 2018 by henry tapper

    This from City AM’s Josh Mines The pension deficit of the UK’s 350 largest companies tumbled by a huge £16bn over the course of May, figures out today have shown. In just one month, the FTSE 350 pension … Continue reading →

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Resistance is futile! The FCA give the bully boys their marching orders

Posted on September 14, 2017 by henry tapper

                                                 For you Tommy zee war is over! So the investment consultants are to be marched off to Stalug Luft CMA, for prolonged interrogation and indefinite detainment. Happily I have no pretentions to be an investment consultant and so can … Continue reading →

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Narrowing the range of thought…

Posted on February 11, 2017 by henry tapper

I get back from a few days in the North East to this headline in Corporate Adviser First Actuarial versus the world: DB’s glass half full or half empty? (you can read the article on the link at the bottom) … Continue reading →

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In denial and in disgust – investment consultants and the FCA.

Posted on November 26, 2016 by henry tapper

I went to the Vuelio blogger awards last night, which was fun, young, female and loud. I learned that I am unusual in not making money out of my blog and that I could make this a mobile advertising platform for … Continue reading →

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“Blindsided!”-investment consultants caught by FCA’s rabbit punch

Posted on November 19, 2016 by henry tapper

Nobody saw it coming. I went to a conference of investment consultants earlier in the month, the FCA’s Market Review was not on the agenda of any of the day’s sessions. But the FCA’s proposal to make a MARKET INVESTIGATION REFERENCE … Continue reading →

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Strange ideas – Con Keating debunks pension’s received wisdom

Posted on November 14, 2016 by henry tapper

A number of extremely strange beliefs have emerged in the course of correspondence arising from earlier articles that introduced methods for the evaluation of pension liabilities which do not invoke any external factor. Take the idea of using market prices … Continue reading →

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Vertically integrated mastertrusts? – “my arse!”

Posted on May 20, 2014 by henry tapper

  Pardon my Scouse! I throw Mick Royle at Mercer’s master trust (and the incipient Aon Hewitt master trust). “Vertical integration” is where the supply chain of a company is owned by that company. Mercer have set up a master trust where they … Continue reading →

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