Gracious, how vexing.
A short but highly peeved post today as a result of the FSA mucking about still further on platform rebates. You can read a summary of the story on Citywire, with a fetching picture of Hugo. I’ve written before on the lunacy of the cash rebate ban on platforms. On the patented Lang Cat Scale […]
Johnny shall have a new master
See saw, Marjorie Daw, Johnny shall have a new master, He shall have but a penny a day, Because he can’t work any faster. Speaking recently at an Insurance Society of Edinburgh do at a newly-yellow-pointed-hatty Standard Life House, I had occasion to muse publicly on seesaws and their unique relevance to the UK life […]
Johnny shall have a new master
See saw, Marjorie Daw, Johnny shall have a new master, He shall have but a penny a day, Because he can’t work any faster. Speaking recently at an Insurance Society of Edinburgh do at a newly-yellow-pointed-hatty Standard Life House, I had occasion to muse publicly on seesaws and their unique relevance to the UK life […]
Shopping baskets, platform charges and Rolos
Back in the day, when I was learning how to sell endowments and transparency was the stuff of a madman’s dreams, I was coached to describe the charging structure as a ‘shopping basket’ of charges. This masterstroke of metaphor was intended to neatly sweep away the complexity of initial units, allocation rates, policy fees, AMCs, […]
Shopping baskets, platform charges and Rolos
Back in the day, when I was learning how to sell endowments and transparency was the stuff of a madman’s dreams, I was coached to describe the charging structure as a ‘shopping basket’ of charges. This masterstroke of metaphor was intended to neatly sweep away the complexity of initial units, allocation rates, policy fees, AMCs, […]
The Telegraph, mineral water and wrap OR why added value doesn’t work
While pausing in one of this nation’s fine railway stations last week, I found myself fancying a bottle of water. No problem. There was a newsagent, I had legal tender in my pocket and we were all set for a nice bit of free enterprise. Being a legendarily tight Scotsman, I rumbled that whereas a […]
The Telegraph, mineral water and wrap OR why added value doesn’t work
While pausing in one of this nation’s fine railway stations last week, I found myself fancying a bottle of water. No problem. There was a newsagent, I had legal tender in my pocket and we were all set for a nice bit of free enterprise. Being a legendarily tight Scotsman, I rumbled that whereas a […]
Dogbert’s secret wrap consultancy
Couldn’t resist this…I know it’s not about wrap but boy have I been in some strategy sessions where it felt very, very like this…
Dogbert’s secret wrap consultancy
Couldn’t resist this…I know it’s not about wrap but boy have I been in some strategy sessions where it felt very, very like this…
the lang cat gets published
Forgive the self-puffery, but a bit of a landmark moment for the lang cat. My first feature not as part of the corporate machine was carried in the fine publication we know as Pensions Management in their December issue. It’s a longer version of this post – what’s the right price for a platform? You […]
