Tag Archives: Pensions

“The Pension Value Chain” – what do we want in retirement from our money?

Posted on September 9, 2026 by henry tapper

  Brian Henderson has provided some interesting reading in August and now in September he wraps it up with a Pension Value Chain. So now for Brian Henderson’s Pension Value Chain to work out what we want  

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Collective Pensions are returning in the US too – and for the same reason as the UK.

Posted on September 8, 2026 by henry tapper

I was passed this article by a friend who has a predilection for pensions (as I do). The Americans have yet to discover the CDC variant as their “pension” has the guarantees of what we call “defined benefit. But the … Continue reading →

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Ten questions for LCP’s Draper and Taylor that CDC needs answering

Posted on September 8, 2026 by henry tapper

Please add to your calendar and click here or post the link  into your diary. It’s at 10.30 am online. (Tuesday 8th September) https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/349110786671465?p=44cRsS3vjiqJGdW8aF It’s back from work and feet under the table and we’re having the first Coffee Morning since … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb explores how pensions help with bereavement – how should CDC deal with it?

Posted on September 8, 2026 by henry tapper

Steve Webb does not need introduction but the subjects he covers do – and he introduces ideas that may be new to us, no matter how we might like to consider ourselves pension experts! The first part of this blog … Continue reading →

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Telling us accurately what we’ve built up as pension should be what the dashboard does

Posted on September 8, 2026 by henry tapper

Richard Smith is right in wishing to get engagement of people close to retirement. We want to know what is happening to our money which doesn’t grow like it does in the building society or bank but fluctuates as markets … Continue reading →

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Collective Pensions (CDC) your questions answered by LCP’s Steve Taylor and Helen Draper

Posted on September 7, 2026 by henry tapper

Join us at 10.30 am on Tuesday September 8th for a cracking conversation with two of Britain’s top CDC consultants. I am aware of charge-out rates for top consultants at top consultancies and I’m amazed that two such – Helen … Continue reading →

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What does Total Portfolio Approach mean and can my pension adopt it?

Posted on September 7, 2026 by henry tapper

Roger Urwin has been around longer than me, and I’ve been looking at and learning from his work for at least a quarter of a century. He’s still sharing his thinking (sophisticated as it is) with those who have time … Continue reading →

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Don’t get caught by “lifestyling” – think about annuitizing your pension pot – says Claer Barrett

Posted on September 7, 2026 by henry tapper

I’m not an advocate of DC options in the long term but I have a lot of time for Claer Barret and her advice for the wealthy readers of the Financial Times. There are other things that a Chancellor could … Continue reading →

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How popular is Reform with the business community and will that change?

Posted on September 6, 2026 by henry tapper

  Not having been to Reform’s Birmingham Conference, I can’t give a first hand report. As I have said on this blog, business – whether in financial markets or elsewhere, need to take Reform seriously and the Times report that … Continue reading →

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This problem isn’t over for 5m leased households – TILL ANDY BURNHAM TAKES ACTION.

Posted on September 5, 2026 by henry tapper

Yesterday, late on Friday afternoon the Directors of the leasehold management company  of 5 and 6 Friar Street sat down to discuss how we could manage our property. We would have liked to have done so as the owners of … Continue reading →

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