Tag Archives: pension playpen

The FCA promote a secondary market in workplace pensions

Posted on June 27, 2020 by henry tapper

It’s an obscure section of a paper that will probably be read by a relatively few people expert in pensions. If I hadn’t published it this morning it might have been overlooked as it is buried deep in the cost … Continue reading →

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Lead generation; little value for a lot of money.

Posted on March 1, 2020 by henry tapper

Most internet comparison pages are misleading and should be taken down We have a problem with internet lead generation which has been investigated by Laura Purkess and promoted by Jack Gilbert. Here is the twitter thread (note these are screenshots … Continue reading →

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Let’s kick the dogs out of the manger!

Posted on December 28, 2019 by henry tapper

A good reason why pension dashboard infrastructure should be open … any payroll provider could then include pension information directly on payslips. I expect that is far more effective than signposting a single government provided dashboard — alan chaplin (@achaplin71) … Continue reading →

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The best audience I will have all year – thanks CIPP!

Posted on October 11, 2019 by henry tapper

  Take a look at the audience above and you will see what I saw when I arrived to speak- not a single empty chair , everyone paying attention and a great gender mix. The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals … Continue reading →

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We Need Breakthrough Business Models, not Breakthrough Technology

Posted on December 25, 2018 by henry tapper

I found this article on Linked In. You can find the original here. It makes a lot of sense – not just of why we get bubbles, but how- succesful businesses can be created out of the vacuum when a … Continue reading →

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How do Customers benchmark what’s good about their DC pension?

Posted on October 22, 2018 by henry tapper

For employer’s it’s all been about inter-operability I’m returning to a question that has bothered me since the inception of auto-enrolment over six years ago. To begin with, it was a question for employers and could largely be answered in … Continue reading →

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Payroll are tomorrow’s Pension Experts!

Posted on October 11, 2018 by henry tapper

I spoke at the CIPP Conference at the National Exhibition Centre at what payroll can do to help staff understand pensions and in particular – the pension freedoms. Here are my slides I think there are three things that hold … Continue reading →

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Managing and enjoying our linked in groups

Posted on September 19, 2018 by henry tapper

Linked in groups have for over a decade provided ordinary people to do extraordinary things. For me, Pension Play Pen has allowed me to speak to a small circle of friends that has grown to nearly 10,000 people by word … Continue reading →

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Opacity pays! Shock revelation from Pension PlayPen lunch

Posted on August 6, 2018 by henry tapper

In a top-secret pension playpen lunch – details of which have been leaked to the Pension Plowman –  key industry figures agreed that opacity pays! Despite the WPC call for responses to its transparency paper, the secretive group are understood to … Continue reading →

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Here’s to pensioners enjoying their pensions!

Posted on June 30, 2018 by henry tapper

I’m on the Flying Scotsman to York (the Yorkshireman). My carriage is full of pensioners (including me), people thanking their lucky stars they’ve got the chance to ride behind this famous loco and sit in a beautiful compartment. And the … Continue reading →

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