Living Longer Means Rethinking How You Work Right Now
If aging doesn’t happen all at once, why should retirement? That’s the question Merryn Somerset Webb explores with economist and author Andrew J Scott in this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money. The...
31 Maj 202458min
How To Protect Your Pension From a New Government
A general election in the UK has been called for July 4. What does that mean for your money—and is there anything you can (or should) do in advance of a possible tide of new policy?Those are the quest...
24 Maj 202433min
The Argument Against Relative Performance
Tellworth’s John Warren tells Merryn Talks Money investors aren’t interested in a manager’s record versus an index—they just want to make money.And it has happened again. Another new high for the FTSE...
17 Maj 202451min
Why Everyone Believes What They Want to Believe with Alex Edmans
On this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money, London Business School professor and author Alex Edmans joins to discuss his new book, May Contain Lies. Edmans explains why he believes that stories, sta...
10 Maj 202453min
Making the Case for Active Investing
Downing Fund Managers’ Simon Evan-Cook joins this week to talk about the case for active versus passive investing. Cook says Jack Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and arguably the father of passiv...
3 Maj 20241h
Why Sunak May Quit Ahead of a July 4th Election
Get ready for a UK election this summer, says Helen Thomas, an ex-adviser to former Conservative finance minister George Osborne and CEO of BlondeMoney. On this week’s Merryn Talks Money, she joins Me...
25 Apr 202455min
Why the UK Stock Market May Be Slowly Dying with Peel Hunt's Charles Hall
Peel Hunt head of research Charles Hall tells Merryn that pension funds, wealth managers and individuals are pulling money out at an alarming rate. Plus, John Stepek talks inflation targets. See omnys...
19 Apr 20241h
How to Reach Net Zero Within a Capitalist System
Many people contend that getting to net-zero emissions means smashing capitalism. While its destruction seems unlikely, another path would be to work within the capitalist system. Bloomberg senior rep...
12 Apr 202454min
