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Tag Archives: Sports
Do you work in the bullshit economy?
Stefan Stern has kindly shared an opinion piece he’s written in the Guardian, which I like very much. You can read it for free here (thanks to the Guardian’s enlightened sharing policy) Five years ago, Stella and I moved back … Continue reading
Posted in Occupy London, Politics
Tagged bullshit, Economy, Guardian, Sports, Stefan Stern, Work
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USS : FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES – OR OPPORTUNITIES?
Jon Spain is one of Britain’s foremost actuarial thinkers. You don’t have to be an actuary to enjoy this piece – indeed it might help for non-actuaries to peer behind the actuarial covers – as Jon allows you … Continue reading
JacktheJouneyman – the PlayPen horse!
JacktheJouneyman raced for the first time at Ludlow yesterday and a hardy cross-section of the Pension PlayPen was there to see him finish fourth. Coming into the home straight the four year old had pulled for most of the race but … Continue reading
Posted in Henry Tapper blog, Horse racing, pension playpen
Tagged Equestrian, Gambling, Horse, Horse racing, Ludlow, Nicky Henderson, pension playpen, Playpen, racing, Rebecca Curtis, Sport, Sports, Straight (racing), Stratos
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The Play Pen’s golf day like no other!
Corporate Golf days are such formulaic affairs…the obligatory “bacon rolls before and ploughmans after”, the lager shandies, the accusations of banditry and the stories of the put that got away. Dull as ditch! And were this blog to concern itself with such nonsense … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen
Tagged Armagnacs, Ben Mulroney, Canada, David Hargreaves, Gareth Shaw, Golf, Golf course, Par (score), Sport, Sports, Tournament
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Yeovil has the best pension plan in the country
Congratulations to Agusta Westland, proud sponsors of Yeovil Town Football Club, manufacturers of top helicopters and now the sponsors of Britain’s #1 pension scheme. I had the honour of dancing with their wonderful pension team and though I was unable … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, pension playpen, Retirement
Tagged AgustaWestland, dc pensions, England, Financial services, Human Resources, Jeremy Vine, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Scottish Widows, Somerset, Sports, Yeovil, yeovil town fc, Yeovil Town FC, YTFC, Zurich
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They’re never gonna believe us – we won the Monkey League
I would no sooner put next year’s football predictions in the hand of my son than he would in mine Continue reading
Only the good die young
There is hope for me – maybe I will be remembered as too good for my pension.
Posted in de-risking
Tagged Brentford, Brentford F.C., de-risking, Health, Smoking, Sports, Table tennis, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking, United States, Zurich Financial Services
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