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Author and former Bank of England regulatory economist Dan Davies joins this week to discuss his new book, The Unaccountability Machine, which describes how the cost of large organisations deferring decision-making is a widening âaccountability sink.â
As companies grow more complicated, the bigger the âsinkâ gets, he argues. âWeâve reached a crisis point.âSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the stock market response to China's unprecedented stimulus package, where we are now with the UK housing market, and who stands to benefit from the rally in prices and sales.
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On this weekâs personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss pension drawdown with Tom McPhail, formerly the lead pensions spokesman for the investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown. He also led an external review of the Money and Pensions Service on behalf of the UK governmentâs Department for Work and Pensions. They tackle what drawdown is and how to avoid getting ripped off.
But first, we have a look ahead to the autumn budget and what changes to pension pots could be on the horizon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Foresight Groupâs Bernard Fairman discusses the movement toward cleaner energy, a lucrative investment theme he sees playing out over 30 to 50 years.
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In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss why the looming UK Budget has both consumers and businesses rattled, and whether Labour's performance at its party conference in Liverpool is doing enough to address the nervousness around investing in --and even living in-- the UK. They also discuss whether the relationship between the taxpayer and government is broken, and what danger is posed if it is.
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How realistic is achieving a 20% annual return as an amateur investor? On this weekâs personal finance edition of podcast Merryn Talks Money, it doesnât take long for hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek to come to the conclusion that consistently outperforming the likes of Berkshire Hathway in your free time is far from likely.
But the bigger question is how to set yourself a realistic but rewarding goal in the first place. On this episode, Webb and Stepek take personal investors back to the drawing board to discuss setting targets, picking a portfolio andâmost importantlyâavoiding panic.
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Looking for long-term outperformance? Sell the US and buy the UK. Thatâs the view of Fidelityâs Alex Wright, who joins this weekâs Merryn Talks Money. As Wright points out, the UK market is very good for a contrarian looking for value plus a little momentum.
Also in the episode, Wright discusses the opportunities in banks, life insurers and tobacco companies, and why he thinks Tesco is a good buy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the Federal Reserve's bold interest-rate cut -- half a percentage point --and what that means for markets. And they talk the Bank of England's decision to hold rates steady at 5 percent.
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In this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn and Money Distilled author John Stepek discuss how to approach your pension savings, from your first day of work.
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Financial institutions have been a leading target for cyber crime since the dawn of the internet. But phishing schemes have become far more intricate, and cyber heists go beyond stealing money from a bank. JF Legault, Deputy CISO at J.P. Morgan Chase, explains how he leads cyber defense on the front lines of work â and lays out a strategy to transform teams into early detection networks. Then David Adrian from Chrome unpacks how web browsing protections, robust monitoring, and a real-time view of threats can fit into this kind of strategy to maximize resilience to a cyber attack.
This episode is sponsored by Chrome Enterprise.
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Mark Slater, chairman and chief investment officer of Slater Investments Ltd., joins host Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss the state of the UK stock market, the missed opportunity of the British Individual Savings Account (ISA) and why deep and liquid capital markets are vital to the health of the economy.
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In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss:
1. Why Markets Are Still So Nervous
2.The Oil Price Slide - Red Flag or Small Mercy?
3. The Shunning of UK Stocks May Be Near Its LimitSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek weigh the pros and cons of taking out a student loan.
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Merryn Somerset Webb and Diana Choyleva, chief economist at Enodo Economics, discuss what Choyleva considers one of the most important relationships in the world: US and China. What will change if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the November presidential election? Or Donald Trump?
For more from Diana, check out these links:
Enodo Economics Track Record: https://bit.ly/4dTckeS
Diana's X profile: https://bit.ly/3MpieswSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're trying something new: weekly episodes dedicated to Merryn and senior reporter and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discussing the biggest stories in markets and economics at the moment.
This episode looks at:
1. Why gold is having a moment
2. Why the UK is doing well, despite what the government says
3. And the two key fears behind the market's scary start to SeptemberSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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From Day 3 of the Merryn Talks Money panel at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival from Adam Smith's Panmure House, our special panel discusses the economics behind net zero and how the UK isnât on track to reach it by 2050. Panelists include Ed Conway, author of Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future, MacroStrategy founder James Ferguson and Bloomberg senior reporter John Stepek.
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From Day 2 of the Merryn Talks Money panel at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival from Adam Smith's Panmure House, our special panel discusses the Labour governmentâs effort to right the budgetary ship and why it may be doing it wrong. Panelists include Interactive Investor Chief Executive Officer Richard Wilson, British comedian Simon Evans and Bloomberg editor John Stepek.
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Ruffer Fund Manager Duncan MacInnes, Dominic Frisby, British author and comedian, and Adam Dixon, Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable Capitalism join Merryn for the first day of her run at Adam Smith's Panmure House for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
They tackle questions like are political leaders dulling innovation with regulation? Is too much protectionism bad for capitalism? And how should investors position themselves at a time when politicians are too focused on dividing the pie, rather than growing it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in slick startups that market fertility treatments for all. But this rapid growth has revealed cracks in the system. Misconception, a new series from Bloombergâs Prognosis, follows reporter Kristen V. Brown on her own intimate journey as she uncovers the business of fertility. Along the way, she finds a fractured industry â a profit-driven field of medicine that thrives on dueling messages of hope and fear as people gamble everything for a chance at a baby.
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Merryn and John are still OOO, enjoying their summer break, so on today's episode, we bring you a conversation between Stephanie Flanders and author and journalist Anne Applebaum about her latest book Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run The World.
She says a network of dictators from China to Venezuela could be the beneficiaries of a welcoming White House should Donald Trump win the US election come November and warns that the self-proclaimed dealmaker and convicted felonâs foreign policy may be more personal and even less predictable in a second term.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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