Tag Archives: Plan

Plan to spend, save or borrow? Who knows what to do?

Posted on August 30, 2022 by henry tapper

For many people, what they earn will be what they spend on household bills this year and next. The FT report why , most people want to know what will happen to their savings (if they have them ) over … Continue reading →

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The PPF’s 11 defined benefit pension need-to-knows

Posted on February 1, 2022 by henry tapper

This is the third and final of the PPF’s blogs devoted to explaining pensions to its membership. I hope that readers find them refreshing and that there are good things in them which they can use for themselves, their clients … Continue reading →

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Royal London IGC report – a welcome shift in focus

Posted on March 27, 2020 by henry tapper

Royal London are (as usual), the first IGC to report. They have been kind and sent me the Chair’s Statement which saves me searching. But it’s easy to track down here The IGC has delivered a really interesting read which … Continue reading →

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From helping your clients to helping yourself.

Posted on March 17, 2020 by henry tapper

The severity of the falls in stock market put in jeopardy the revenues of asset based businesses. Put simply, if the markets fall 50%, so do revenues. What were profitable business models become unprofitable and sooner or later costs catch … Continue reading →

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Royal Mail CDC – proof of concept or the real deal?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by henry tapper

I am always amazed at the churlishness of the pension industry towards innovation. Here’s John Lawson suggesting that the Royal Mail should be spending £400m a year to satisfy his curiosity. I’d quite like one or two schemes to try … Continue reading →

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My house is my health plan?

Posted on May 20, 2017 by henry tapper

  It is the one life event we don’t want to talk about. Shakespeare could only talk of it through the fool; Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, … Continue reading →

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Myopia and the alternative fact

Posted on January 25, 2017 by henry tapper

Not all prejudice is ill-intentioned, I know the author of this comment on a recent blog. He is not ill-intentioned – just short-sighted. There is no one interested to have defined benefit pensions in the UK. They are seem as … Continue reading →

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