-
-
Tags
Month
Post Types
Categories
Tag Archives: Sausage
Open ended funds sound great until they close
St James’s Place suspends trading in property fund https://t.co/cbwtFfOPc4 open ended funds sound great until they’re closed — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) October 24, 2023 You can call it a unit trust or call it an LTAF;-whatever you call it – … Continue reading
“Benefits to bricks” – the latest rabbit from the hat!
“It is time to turn benefits into bricks – to help many more people open the door to home ownership” – Work and Pensions Secretary @theresecoffey It will soon become easier for benefit claimants to own their own home, thanks … Continue reading
Private equity – does the sausage match the sizzle?
Private markets are being touted as the promised land for retail investors. They off “milk and honey” at a time when the traditional asset classes can barely feed us locusts. At the PLSA conference, some managers I spoke to … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Pensions, Private Equity, Private equity fund, Sausage, sizzle, wealth management
Leave a comment
Where you can buy a sausage with a brick…
At this week’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning, Guy Opperman told we could look forward to what was happening in Australia today, being UK pension policy tomorrow, so here – courtesy of the Australian Financial Review is a Government incentive … Continue reading
We need a home ownership detox!
An important day for British Housing Policy Today, the Government will publish its white paper setting out its long-term housing strategy. This has implications for everyone living in the UK, including the homeless, those who rent, those who own and … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Brick, Detox, Equity, home ownership, Household, Infrastructure, Legal & General, mortgage, pension, Sausage, Thatcher
6 Comments
Retiring using other people’s money
Thanks to Jo Cumbo for putting me on to this excellent debate on “property v pension”. You can listen to it here; http://bbc.in/2cyqQgP The crux of the argument is about borrowing. People do not borrow other people’s money to invest in … Continue reading
Pensions need to be sold for the sausage not the sizzle.
A great observation from Steve Groves, CEO of partnership this morning. @henryhtapper @tcfDAN @clivewaller healthy people were buying to early. Lie expectancy increased 10yrs and annuitisation age didn't move… — Steve Groves (@Sjg3G) January 12, 2016 By “buying” Steve means … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, personal pension, Retirement, Sausage, sizzle, Steve Groves
Leave a comment
Why the Autumn Statement was so important for pensions
Last Thursday I pointed out how the introduction of a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) could be the most significant statement on pensions that Osborne never made. Paul Lewis has blogged the details, follow his twitter timeline to see the Q&A … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Brick, Business, Buy-to-let, Housing, housing stock, L&G, Liquidity, market, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Sausage, second homes
1 Comment