The self-employed commonly have very lumpy income streams plus periods of feast and famine. Their lack of income security means…
This particular question wasn’t asked or answered but Oliver was very clear that the launch is only the start. The…
Priest Alaska brought back the woman I love after another man nearly destroyed our marriage. My wife’s personality had changed…
Priest Alaska brought back the woman I love after another man nearly destroyed our marriage. My wife’s personality had changed…
Tag Archives: Trump
Schmooze or you lose – how Farage & Co win hearts not minds.
There’s a moment in this week’s VFM podcast when one of the co-presenters refers to the “three main parties”. It turns out he means the Labour, Conservative and Liberal parties. But to a great mass of British voters, getting on … Continue reading
Is there a higher law?
In olden days there was a divine right of king that trumped the law of the land, or so monarchs asserted. Now Trump asserts a higher law, the presidential election as a higher law than the state court. He tells … Continue reading
The day of reckoning for the populists
Quite a Friday afternoon It started with Nadine Dorries resigning because she didn’t get a peerage, it continued with Boris Johnson resigning because he was facing a “kangaroo court” and it ended with Donald Trump facing 37 criminal charges and … Continue reading
From tactical to the trivial , Ukraine’s on our mind.
The top-read story in the FT had nothing to do with the financial times but to do with a counter-offensive by the Ukrainians in a flattened City on the country’s south eastern province. We have a huge appetite to hear … Continue reading
“Kissing the virus” -COVID 19 actuaries weekly report (24)
The Friday Report – Issue 24 … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Covid-19, Flu, Kissing the virus, R, spread, Trump, university
Leave a comment
“Be fast. Have no regrets. You must be the first mover”.
“Fast moving actuary” was once the title of a gossip column in Professional Pensions. It’s an intentional oxymoron, the actuary’s stock in trade is prudence – standing back. But “with a pandemic you can never act too early” and … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, age wage, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged actuaries, COVID19, Germany, Nicola Oliver, Trump
2 Comments
Don’t pander to pension populism! Zurich big-wig hits out at “freedoms”
“I have no time for populism” , was the astonishing rebuttal of top Zurich Insurance shrink Stefan Kroepfl. Kroepfl, who is global head of life business analysis – is no lightweight, nor was the discussion that ensued at this Dutch … Continue reading
When ESG knocked at the White House
What has happened in America this week has surprised and delighted me. Donald Trump’s two advisory committees, staffed from the Chief Executives of big American business have been disbanded, or more properly disbanded themselves. The strategy and policy forum and the … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Charlottesville, equal rights, ESG, governance, obama, Trump, White supremacy
1 Comment
You want (pension) engagement? Ask Corbyn!
How do you get youngsters interested in politics? How do you get youngsters interested in pensions? One and the same question IMO. Instead of sitting in “blue-sky” meetings, maybe we should be looking at what successful politicians have … Continue reading
As cryptocurrency adoption continues to grow, scams, hacking incidents, fraudulent investments, and lost wallet credentials remain major challenges. TECHY FORCE…