Tag Archives: Society
Where it’s all going wrong for English rugby
If you want fun, stick with your local club, enjoy mini and youth rugby and stay away from the RFU – it is toxic. Continue reading
Green shield stamps ( how to buy a pension)
Lawrence Churchill of NEST and John Hutton (of the report) spoke eloquently yesterday of the need for people to focus on a desired retirement outcome (for instance;-“I want an income of £15,000 pa”) work out what it takes to get it … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, de-risking, NEST, Retirement, social media
Tagged Book, Collecting, customer service, Cyberbury, de-risking, Fatherhood, Green Shield Stamp, John Hutton, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Recreation, Retirement, Saving, social media, Society, Stamps
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You can’t buy a sausage with a brick
Abe Bacchus, the guy who taught me to sell life insurance in 1984, used this great phrase when a prospect objected to creating a “capital reservoir” for the future. Of course a geared investment into bricks and mortar over the … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, NEST, Retirement
Tagged Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Economics, Equity release, housing market, Investing, Life annuity, LV (company), moneysavingexpert, NEST, pension, Retirement, Society, Stock market
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Yes – things are this bad in DC land!
We all know that equity markets have sent the value of our pension savings into free fall and some people understand that low prospective interest rates mean the amount of pension you can buy from your savings has fallen lower. But did … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, Economics, Financial services, Forbes, Free fall, Insurance, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, Open Market Option, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Politics, Reasonable person, Retirement, Saving, Society, Stock market
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“Our weapon is the camera”
Perhaps the measure of political control in Libya is calibrated by fear.
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Posted in Facebook, Libya, Middle East, OECD, social media, Syria, twitter
Tagged Assad, Bashar al-Assad, BBC, Cyberbury, Facebook, Government, Libya, Middle East, OECD, policing, social media, Society, Syria, twitter, United Nations, William Hague
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Scotland has hexed our cricket team.
Let’s make this clear- we do not want your support- your support is toxic. Now you have hexed our cricket team. Continue reading
Posted in cricket, The Ashes, Twickenham, World Cup
Tagged Aviemore, Caribbean, cricket, cycling, England, lords, Mark Cavendish, monkey league, Oval, Pension new, Politics, Scotland, Scottish people, Society, Sport in Scotland, The Ashes, Twickenham, World Cup, yeovil town fc
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Feeding frenzy at the claims management zoo!
I was t-boned by an entrepreneurial garage owner on Saturday who , after shunting me off the road enterprisingly suggested that he would be happy to do the repairs on my car. I politely declined feeling it vaguely inappropriate. I … Continue reading
Sharing stuff
I won’t be the first to remark on the polarisation of the business community between those who see the internet as a threat to their intellectual property (grounded) and those who regard collaboration as a means of creating a better world for … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, Facebook, mallowstreet, Martin Lewis, social media
Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, Cyberbury, Facebook, Intellectual property, Internet Marketing, linked in, mallowstreet, Marketing and Advertising, Martin Lewis, policing, Politics, social media, Society, Thomas Gray, twitter
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A pound spent on pension’s as good as salary – the new golden rule
I published a blog recently on the need for the DWP to take notice of the real concerns of the ASA. It got some really interesting comments made on various sites mainly opposing the ACA’s pessimism. Interestingly the pessimism of the actuaries mirrors … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, Fiduciary Management, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Business, corporate governance, croydon, dc pensions, Economics, Employment, Fiduciary Management, Financial services, Human Resources, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, pensions, Pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Salary, Society
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The right to screw up your pension
There’s a place in Iceland where the American and European tectonic plates grind together like two sets of molars. At Thingvellir you can smell the sulphur emitting from the fissures where the plates grind and you can peer into the unfathomable … Continue reading