Tag Archives: New York

Struggling to compute the risk of being paid a pension by Microsoft?

Posted on October 31, 2025 by henry tapper

7.7% of my savings for retirement are invested in one company – Microsoft, more than a quarter in one sector, US technology. By comparison less than 4% of my savings are invested in the UK. When someone who runs a … Continue reading →

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Andy and Christy – a transatlantic romance

Posted on May 31, 2015 by henry tapper

One of the reasons for speaking last week in New York was to see my friend Andy and his fiancee Christy together. They met in a nightclub and fell in love, Christy is a talented dress-designer and Andy is the … Continue reading →

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The land of the (pension) free

Posted on May 26, 2015 by henry tapper

  As I cleared immigration this morning, the chap charged with checking my travel authorisation asked me.. “so how are we doing over here?” I looked blankly.. “it says here you’re a pension consultant – how we doing?” To the … Continue reading →

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First we take Manhattan…

Posted on May 25, 2015 by henry tapper

Canada bores me. I have only two cultural references for the place, Supertramp – (the band that drove me to punk in the 1970s) and South Park the movie which urges Americans to “blame Canada, they’re not even a real country anyway”. I know … Continue reading →

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Morally bankrupt

Posted on March 17, 2012 by henry tapper

Greg Smith’s condemnation of Goldman Sachs‘ culture as “morally bankrupt” splits my friends into three camps; Those like me who take the buy at face value and accept that the firm he joined 12 years ago has lost its moral … Continue reading →

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