In this latest pile of TRAP, the Trap Pack discuss

Topical issues, including BTC ETFs coming here, insurance payouts from Royal London, SPIVA Persistence, Bank of Ireland saving rate rises, pension dashboard (really dull), Canada Pension Plan active follies, Abrdn price cuts
Meat and Potatoes: Politics - do you or don’t you?
Questions posted by our beloved TRAPist www.twitter.com/DomSpalding
Culture Corner

Links referred to in the show:

Vanguard TRAP landing page: https://www.vanguard.co.uk/professional/insights-education/events-webinars/vanguard-at-the-real-adviser-podcast
Timeline TRAP landing page: https://www.timeline.co/trap-live
CW: The US TRAP?! The Unlock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GP-laLIlss
AS - BTC ETFs arrive in the UK
https://www.ft.com/content/76e9ecf3-4429-42c5-a945-43ab92abfda4
AH Royal London 2023 claims payout - https://adviser.royallondon.com/protection/our-claims-record/
NL: Neil Woodford’s excellent piece on the decline of the UK stock market (as covered by us in episode 17) (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2056762/12602273)
https://www.woodfordviews.com/post/a-quarter-century-of-damaging-reforms
AS - SPIVA Persistence Report Card https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/spiva/article/europe-persistence-scorecar
CW: Bank of Ireland raises interest rates https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0529/1451872-bank-of-ireland-deposit-rates/
AH - Pension Dashboards - Aviva and Scottish Widows plan to become official pensions dashboard operators, joining a coalition of companies seeking to breathe life into the long-delayed project. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/aviva-and-scottish-widows-to-join-pension-dashboard-coalition-55f5ctfnf
NL: Canada Pension Plan Fund tale of active woe: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-eighteen-years-and-46-billion-later-the-cpp-admits-it-could-have/
AS Abrdn price cut - are we heading to 100 bps all in? AH YES WE ARE.
AH - Motem - client journey Melissa Kidd - https://m

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