Podcast Episodes

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 ques…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

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 FTS…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

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, st…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

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 passi…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

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 M…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

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 omny…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

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 re…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Why Anthony Scaramucci Is Predicting Trump Will Lose with In the City

Merryn Talks Money will return with an all-new episode next Friday. In the meantime, here's an election-related episode from our friends at In the City. Host Francine Lacqua and Opinion columnist Adr…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Listen Now: The Big Take

The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories th…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Why Capitalism May Soon Be Dead with Bernard Connolly

Is capitalism dead? It’s getting there, says economist and author Bernard Connolly, but it isn’t dying a natural death. Instead, he contends it’s being killed off by the very people charged with keep…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago