Prando's Asset Management - 'Save more sooner'

The chairman looks to bridge the pensions gap

Julian Marr
clock • 3 min read

"Do you not worry your 'Blueprint for a Better-Bepensioned Britain' could come across as a bit, well, self-serving?" I asked the chairman of the improbably-sized investment company Prandeamus Asset Management.

"Good grief," said the chairman, shaking his head. "Are there no bounds to your cynicism?" "I don't do cynicism, just scepticism," I replied. "And that would seem a perfectly acceptable response here." "You do know the only thing stopping me storming out of here right now is the fact I told my driver I wouldn't need him for an hour?" huffed the chairman. "I mean to say … I bowl round to your offices to show you, hot off the press, a copy our beautiful new report on the parlous state of pension saving in this country and your first instinct is to impugn my motives?" "Over the years, I'...

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