John Law: The Gambler Who Invented Modern Money (Part 1)
In this special two-part series, John Stepek and Merryn Somerset Webb tell the extraordinary story of John Law: a fugitive Scots gambler who became the most powerful financier in France and helped inv...
22 Dec 202533min
Gold’s Shine, Small Cap Hopes and What to Watch in 2026
On this week's markets roundup, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek look back at an unexpectedly strong year for global markets, with equities, gold and even silver delivering standout performa...
19 Dec 202517min
How Much Should You Really Give Your Kids? Inheritance, Incentives and Money Mindsets with Hamish Leng
In this episode of Merryn Talks Your Money, Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with veteran financial planner Hamish Leng to unravel one of the trickiest issues in personal finance: how to pass wealth to ...
17 Dec 202525min
Permira's Kurt Björklund: Where Are We in the Private Equity Cycle?
Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Kurt Björklund, Executive Chairman of Permira, about where we are in the private equity cycle after several tough years and why he still believes in the asset class fo...
15 Dec 202549min
Silver Breaks Out. Oil Breaks Down. Markets Hold Their Breath.
On this week's markets roundup, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek unpack silver's climb to a record high, oil’s weakness and why it raises the prospect of an energy rebound, and the latest me...
12 Dec 202518min
Debt Traps, Interest Rates and Global Shifts: A Candid UK Outlook with Gerard Lyons
Host John Stepek speaks with leading economist Gerard Lyons about the UK’s latest budget and why he believes it lacks both vision and credibility. Lyons discusses the risks facing the UK economy—rangi...
10 Dec 202539min
Why Europe’s Banks and Energy Stocks May Lead the Next Rally with Blackrock's Helen Jewell
Host John Stepek speaks with Helen Jewell, International CIO of Fundamental Equities at BlackRock, about an unexpectedly strong year for global equity markets — one in which most regions outside the U...
8 Dec 202532min
Investment Trust Turmoil, Silver’s Surge, and Bitcoin’s Wild Ride
On this week’s markets roundup, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek dig into the collapse of the proposed HICL–TRIG merger and the resurgence of shareholder activism reshaping the investment tr...
5 Dec 202515min
