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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…
2 months, 1 week ago
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 inflati…
2 months, 1 week ago
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 …
2 months, 1 week ago
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 S…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
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 perspec…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
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,…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
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 …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Investors Are Rotating Into Commodities with BlackRock's Evy Hambro
Why did gold fail to protect portfolios during the latest market shock? In this episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Evy H…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Markets Wrap: Gold, Bonds and Bitcoin Struggle as War Uncertainty Clouds Investor Outlook
In this week’s markets wrap, John Stepek, senior reporter and author of the Money Distilled newsletter, and Bloomberg Opinion's Marcus Ashworth discu…
3 months ago