Your Pension, Your Problem? Inside Nest’s Big Investment Shift
Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss the ongoing push into private markets by Britain's largest workplace pension scheme (by membership), the National Employment Savings Trust. NEST plans to i...
22 Apr 22min
How to Invest Amid an Upended Global Financial Order
Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Ruffer fund manager Alexander Chartres about investing in a world marked by receding US dominance and a more inflation-prone, shock-driven global economy. Chartres arg...
17 Apr 29min
Are Markets Just Plain Wrong to Keep 'Looking Through' The Iran War?
Markets have continued to hit new highs despite escalating geopolitical tensions and a major energy shock, raising questions about whether investors are underestimating long-term risks such as inflati...
17 Apr 19min
The Contrarian Case for London Real Estate After a Decade of Stagnation
It might surprise some listeners, but UK-wide house prices have delivered only negligible returns after inflation over the past decade, note Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek, and London prices hav...
15 Apr 24min
Why You Should Wait Out AI’s Super-Spending False Start
Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with Janusz Marecki, CEO & Founder of Fractal Brain and AI Partner at Ahren Innovation Capital, for an insider perspective on AI hype vs. reality—and what may come next....
13 Apr 36min
Markets Wrap: Ceasefire Uncertainty, Energy Supply Shocks, and Chancellor Miliband?
On this week’s markets wrap, Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Helen Thomas of Blonde Money about how Middle East tensions are creating lasting energy disruptions despite ceasefire uncertainty. They wa...
10 Apr 25min
Cambridge Professor Helen Thompson on the Iran War, Energy Markets and Britain’s Risks
As the US-Israel war with Iran upends global energy flows, Professor Helen Thompson joins Merryn Talks Money to explain what the shock means for oil, gas, supply chains and the wider world economy. Th...
6 Apr 30min
Active vs Passive: How to Help Your Kids Invest
On this week's Merryn Talks Money personal finance episode, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer an interesting listener question surrounding the active vs passive debate. The pair look at fina...
1 Apr 10min
