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I’m going to be buying an awful lot of SpaceX (I wish my pension wouldn’t).
This is beyond my intellectual capacity but I expect I have readers who will find it interesting But I know the writers and they are kind enough to presume I understand them! I also know Toby Nangle, he is so … Continue reading
The PPF will be a better place for those pensioners who’ve had no increases for 30 years
Turner and Newall was a very conspicuous success and a hugely costly failure It was a manufacturing business based in Manchester, United Kingdom. At its peak, it was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange. As part … Continue reading
Incisive is Professional with Pensions; “Leave aside cynicism and get on with making CDC work”
Thanks to Professional Pensions for the balance of journalism. Over the past six months of 2026 I have seen support from Incisive Media for progressive ideas on pensions and in particular its recent work giving a voice to those of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aon. TPT, Jon Stapleton, Pensions, Pensions Mutual, professional pensions, Torsten Bell
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Is governance at BP a matter for all our pensions (not just BP’s)?
Readers of my blog cannot have missed the complaints of BP pensioners about failures of BP to fulfil its promises to its staff and former staff with pension promises. There have been appeals to the good governance of the company … Continue reading
Ever lost your identity? I did on LinkedIn and it feels weird.
I lost my identity yesterday while travelling about London. One moment I was Henry Tapper , enjoying myself on Linked in , the next I had no way to identify myself. The process of identifying myself led to a what … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Financial services, identity, linkedin, pension playpen, Pensions
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When will Government ENFORCE these leasehold reforms?
When will the Government be honest about leasehold reforms and make the legislation enforceable? It took resignations from a senior cabinet minister, Jess Phillips to get the crime law on the books ensuring youngsters don’t send each other nude pictures. … Continue reading
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Tagged Freeholders, Harry Scoffin, Keir Starmer, Leaseholders, Matthew Pennycock, Pensions, Steve Reed
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Can we have joint pensions that pay the same to both partners?
I wrote recently about an article by the FT’s Jonathan Guthrie that is packed with 10 bits of data that those of us who don’t have a pension provided us, need to understand. Of course a lot of families will … Continue reading
Why was a fringe meeting packed-out for a new pension?
I have to admit to expecting to talk to an empty room. There were over a hundred chairs laid out when I arrived at a Brighton Conference Centre lunchtime meeting on a new pension called CDC. Within a couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Christine Daniell, Neil Walsh, Pensions, Prospect, Prospect Union, Sue Ferns, Terry Pullinger, Wage in retirement
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Take away the burden from growing old on savings
I like this picture from my Canadian/South African correspondent Johan Kriek. It represents the problems elder people face with managing their finances and the problems my seniors tell me they are having. It is difficult to managing retirement money or … Continue reading
Would your firm consider a CDC pension?
Today Terry Pullinger and I are in Brighton talking to union representatives working for employers with unionised workforces. We’re spending our Sunday explaining to ordinary workers what CDC does for staff and how employers can consider it. We’re … Continue reading