Join us for Redington’s 7th birthday celebrations in the style of Miami Vice
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15 Reasons why rowers make great graduates
Last Saturday 25th May 2013 I was in Oxford for Summer VIII’s – the annual inter collegiate rowing regatta of bumps racing. I was there to support St Anne’s Boat Club “SABC”, my former boat club (1997 to 2000) now supported by Redington. Watching the joy of bumping and the agony of being bumped I reflected on why rowers do what they do, and what lessons they learn doing their sport that prepare them for life after university.
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Pitching to solve the Pensions Crisis
Last Tuesday 21st May 2013 was KPI Pitch Fest the last part of the Daniel Priestly Key Person of Influence Course. The judges were led by the iconic Mike Harris, Daniel Priestly, James Paton-Philip from Pinsent Masons, Sally Preston Founder & Managing Director at The Kids Food Company ltd, Jenny Campbell CEO at YourCash and Steve Henry Co-founder at Decoded. Thank you for an incredible opportunity and a great evening. Well done to pitch fest winner – Liz Marsh and fellow runner-ups Hannah Foxley, Karen Bailey and Viv Grant and A Rafael Dos Santos. Below I have shared my pitch from pitch fest.
Happy 7th Birthday Team Redington – lessons about teamwork
Happy Birthday Team Redington! Seven years ago on 16th May 2006 Redington was founded.
Teams are essential in solving the world’s most complex challenges. And solving the global pensions challenge is, without a doubt, one that requires collective action. One could even say, because of its scale and gravity, that it requires a ‘Super Team’.
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Match.com? Making the pensions and infrastructure romance work
Since George Osborne’s autumn statement in 2011, pension funds and their advisors have been discussing the idea of investing in infrastructure. And the logic for this investment is sound: pension funds need low risk, long dated inflation-linked cash flows. They always have, they always will. Happily, the UK needs new infrastructure, much of the funding for which is long-dated and inflation-linked. Banks, which previously funded these endeavours, are no longer funding them, and pension funds seem to be the natural rebound relationship that might just turn steady. Why, then, has making this partnership happen been so tough?
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Invitation to an evening of “Technology beats Cancer” on Tuesday 14th May 2013
Looking forward to seeing every one a week on Tuesday.
Worth watching this inspirational link – LEADERS CHANGING THE WORLD NO 3: TIM THORNE
http://www.iconicthinking.com/blog/leaders-changing-the-world-no-3-tim-thorne.aspx
More Purest Alpha and Ponzi Bier in these interesting times.
You are cordially invited to listen to the N@ked Short Club on Monday, April 22nd, hosted by Dr. Stu: 9-10pm/21.00-22.00 hrs., London time, on Resonance FM [104.4FM within London/onlineworldwide via www.resonancefm.com]: 1 hour of loose talk about hedge funds and the state of the world, plus sweet poetry and heady music. No promotional agenda, no commercial intent…just Purest Alpha and Ponzi Bier in these interesting times.
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Invitation to an evening of “Technology beats Cancer” on Tuesday 14th May 2013
Last year I joined the Catalyst Club, part of Cancer Research UK, to help transform the future of cancer treatment with the question how do you beat cancer and get a life-saving return on your charitable donation?
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Why I left Merrill Lynch to become an entrepreneur?
Seven years ago, today, on Friday 31st March 2006 I resigned from Merrill Lynch. I loved my time at Merrill Lynch; I loved the work, the energy, my colleagues and the challenge of investment banking. In fact, I had only just been promoted to Director in the Insurance & Pensions Solutions Group and I certainly didn’t know there was an inbound “Global Financial Crisis” around the corner. So why resign?
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Which city is a mile high and the state pension invests in infrastructure?
Denver, Colorado.
On Wednesday 6th March I was at Heathrow boarding a flight as many other pensions people were; but the flight was not to Edinburgh for the annual investment conference. Instead, I flew to Denver, the mile high city and capital of Colorado state.
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