Tag Archives: Towers Watson

Towers Watson’s mansion on the hill.

Posted on July 21, 2015 by henry tapper

It’s good to see Pension Minister Ros Altmann paying some attention to the pension small schemes sign up to as part of staging auto-enrolment. Corporate Adviser run the article, the link’s here. Of course Ros is thinking about the 1,200,000 … Continue reading →

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Honest research from Towers Watson on employer attitudes to workplace pensions

Posted on March 5, 2014 by henry tapper

I have a lot of respect for Towers Watson. They may be big but they have kept their integrity through their expansion and the people who work for them demonstrate a focus on their customers and an intellectual integrity that … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Dunkirk ; The Pensions and Benefits show #pb13.

Posted on June 13, 2013 by henry tapper

We’ve seen the early skirmishes which have been won by large employers throwing money at the problem but our Dunkirk has yet to come Continue reading →

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Risk-sharing starts with cost-sharing

Posted on June 3, 2013 by henry tapper

This lunchtime we will be debating pension charges at the Pension Play Pen lunch (50 Cornhill). This blog may help in organising my thinking and perhaps your thinking too! The terms of the debate about the charges cap that the … Continue reading →

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The problem with actuaries

Posted on February 26, 2013 by henry tapper

The closest most actuaries get to the beneficiaries of pensions is behind a one way mirror watching a focus group arranged by a marketing company. Continue reading →

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10 infrastucture opportunities pension funds cannot ignore!

Posted on January 22, 2012 by henry tapper

The Government has announced that it wants UK pension funds to invest in UK infrastructure. This week we saw a slice of Thames Water purchased by the Chinese. I live on the Thames and as dawn rises this morning I’m on “Junk Alert” on “the partially yellow river”. Continue reading →

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