Liquidity
Urgent news (1) Small beer There is a serious complaint to be made against Heineken; they have stopped making lower-alcohol beer (around 3%), and stopped using those smaller (250ml) barrel-shaped cans,…
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Liquidity
Tontines: great white pensions hope?
Urgent news (1) Cold calling by phone The ICO has fined a cold-calling pensions operation around £130,000 (ICO fines company £130,000 for unauthorised pensions cold calls, ICO Press release, 10 September 2020).…
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Tontines: great white pensions hope?
Pension trustees: over-accreditation
Urgent issues (1) Nominative determinism (again) is in overdrive during the lockdown. It seems too obvious to name Charles Counsell, the urbane CEO of TPR, but the parents of the newly appointed…
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Pension trustees: over-accreditation
When even good guys make mistakes
Should TPR have the power to snoop? Even the cops occasionally exceed the speed limit. Because they’re only human, all authorities can make mistakes (see eg Maria Espadinha, HMRC admits errors…
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When even good guys make mistakes
WIKIleaks: New guidance from The Pensions Regulator
URGENT AND IMPORTANT WIKIleaks has just made available this leaked draft memorandum from TPR which is intended to be published at the end of March. Full text is as below.…
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WIKIleaks: New guidance from The Pensions Regulator
NITPI and mens rea
Remember Mrs Trellis of North Wales? The mythical and misguided irregular writes in to I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue (the comedy series on Radio 4) from time to time, with…
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NITPI and mens rea
Prison, Love Island and the issue of trust
Shaugna Phillips, a contestant on Love Island, unsurprisingly has 17000 admirers on Instagram, mostly reflecting on her skills in her day job as manager of the minutes for the Lambeth…
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Prison, Love Island and the issue of trust