Tag Archives: Old age

When you’re 64… buy the state pension! (girls buy even earlier!)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by henry tapper

  I chaired and spoke at a number of retirement income seminars last month – you may have been at one. While I was encouraged by the engagement and education of the audience in financial products, I was frustrated by the scope … Continue reading →

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“Hope I die before I get old..?”

Posted on October 19, 2014 by henry tapper

  The quote’s from Pete Townsend and the Who’s “my generation”. It’s a brutal version of the Beatles’ “when I’m 64” but both songs are driven by the fear of getting old “will you still need, me, will you still … Continue reading →

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Safe, stable, regular and for life

Posted on September 10, 2014 by henry tapper

I had lunch with Mr Sipp yesterday. Mr Sipp is John Moret and he has done more to pioneer the new pension freedoms than anyone else. I think the dodgy curry and glass of house white I bought him scant … Continue reading →

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A few house rules…

Posted on March 23, 2014 by henry tapper

Once you’ve blown up the building you let the dust settle ,you announce what you’ll be putting up instead and then you build. This seems a reasonable analogy for what is happening in pension reform. The FCA are issuing invitations … Continue reading →

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Going to work?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by henry tapper

We should be looking to release our older workers to train up the youth and deploy their reliability and indpenedence the way they see best. That may not require them going to work. Continue reading →

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Tell them the truth (a ridiculous notion)

Posted on March 19, 2011 by henry tapper

However, it would lead to the kind of engagement between staff and retirement that is needed if we are to move forward from the current deadlock of distrust.

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