Tag Archives: Nigel Wilson

We took the plunge, now we must swim

Posted on August 30, 2016 by henry tapper

  I doubt if SoftBank had launched its take over bid for  ARM holdings today rather in the weeks following the referendum, it would have found life so easy. Recent comments from Theresa May suggest that Britain will, for the … Continue reading →

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Is “too much” money the root of all evil?

Posted on August 28, 2016 by henry tapper

I had a very odd conversation with my partner last night while watching the Human League at Windsor racecourse – hooray! The Human League are nothing to do with this blog though I now discover they suffered from having too … Continue reading →

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If you’re going to do it – do it right (now) – yes L&G!

Posted on August 4, 2016 by henry tapper

This blog (and the Pension Plowman) have been a fan of L&G for some years. We admire L&G  for its pioneering work on auto-enrolment, for its support of Pension PlayPen and for its work on engagement through what its CEO … Continue reading →

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Time for a clear out

Posted on July 10, 2016 by henry tapper

Big decisions like BREXIT kelp declutter the mind. Some of the most powerful thought-pieces I have read from Nigel Wilson, Steve Kelly and other business leaders have been about the need to return our focus to the fundamentals , the … Continue reading →

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Putting the world to rights – in a snazzy waistcoat!

Posted on April 30, 2016 by henry tapper

    One of the reasons that pension schemes are so boring is that they never seem to do anything. They take your money and then they give you it back, in the intervening years you are none the wiser … Continue reading →

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A man on a mission – a man with a vision

Posted on February 24, 2016 by henry tapper

Nigel Wilson is becoming a hero of mine. The CEO of Legal &General was on Wake up to Money this morning (24th Feb) and I’m about to  download the podcast to listen to him again. I like the man’s common sense … Continue reading →

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What if? ……Investment reporting for the future…

Posted on December 18, 2015 by henry tapper

What if….. when I opened Google Earth and ran the cursor over my home town/county/country , I could see Housing stock being built Brownfield sites being redeveloped Start ups igniting into action Listed companies adapting to a new cleaner  greener … Continue reading →

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How can auto-enrolment help those that most need it?

Posted on November 10, 2015 by henry tapper

  This morning I’m off to the House of Commons to discuss this question with some policy people, Prospect Magazine, my friends Alex Rowson of QTAC and Darren Philp of People’s Pension  and Nigel Wilson, the CEO of Legal & … Continue reading →

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Facing up to mental health

Posted on June 15, 2015 by henry tapper

This article’s by our friends at Lockton. It’s on an important subject that impacts us all! I’m really pleased they’ve asked me to put it on this blog. It doesn’t surprise me that Nigel Wilson is pioneering work on this. Like … Continue reading →

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How pensions restrain public sector pay and services.

Posted on April 22, 2015 by henry tapper

The latest discussions about how we will manage the nation’s finances are focussing on public sector pay.Nick Clegg tells us that his party will make sure   wages would rise in real terms for two years from 2016, and then … Continue reading →

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