Launch a secondary annuity market and then you can go out to play
For anyone even skimming HM Treasury’s consultation paper on the launch of a secondary annuity market, the lack of enthusiasm in its presentation was palpable. The press release and subsequent paper is permeated with the belief that for most people, sticking with an annuity is the right thing to do. It feels very much like […]
Kind of a big deal – Budget musings
No-one expected that. Budget? we thought. ‘Meh,’ we thought. We were wrong. This is the most impactful budget in terms of personal finance for a long time; certainly since the A-Day days, and maybe since I joined the industry in the mid 90s. Industry response has been feverish and has had us thinking of Anchorman […]
Kind of a big deal – Budget musings
No-one expected that. Budget? we thought. ‘Meh,’ we thought. We were wrong. This is the most impactful budget in terms of personal finance for a long time; certainly since the A-Day days, and maybe since I joined the industry in the mid 90s. Industry response has been feverish and has had us thinking of Anchorman […]
Potholes and a penny
Ozzy Osborne bit the head off a bat onstage in Des Moines in 1982. We could have done with some of that chutzpah to liven up yesterday’s effort from the other Ozzy. Don’t get me wrong, it was an oratorical display to be proud of, but there was relatively little to be interested in otherwise. […]
Potholes and a penny
Ozzy Osborne bit the head off a bat onstage in Des Moines in 1982. We could have done with some of that chutzpah to liven up yesterday’s effort from the other Ozzy. Don’t get me wrong, it was an oratorical display to be proud of, but there was relatively little to be interested in otherwise. […]
