Hints and tips:
...Steve Webb, former pensions minister and now partner with LCP, the actuarial consultants, said: “I think this is a terrible idea. It could lead to a fragmentation of the pension system....
...One of those left unimpressed by Thunberg’s stance was former FT colleague Merryn Somerset Webb, who pointed out on Twitter/X that “BG is one of the most ESG focused asset managers anywhere”....
...Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Silin Chen and Anjli Raval sift through responses from more than 300 FT readers in a fascinating deep-dive....
...Andrew Tully, technical director with Canada Life, a pension provider, said including pensions within the IHT environment would be “hugely unpopular” when IHT is already hitting many more people....
...“The coming months may still be a struggle for retailers,” warned Ashley Webb, UK economist at Capital Economics....
...Andrew Lapthorne of Société Générale sees it like this too....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. The views expressed are personal. She has holdings in gold and shares in Shell...
...Andrew Megson, executive chair of My Pension Expert, a financial planner in Doncaster, says: “We are far more comfortable with 3 per cent and the ability for the portfolio to grow.”...
...Duncan Pickard Author of ‘Lie of the Land’ St Andrews, Fife, UK...
...Central bank governor Andrew Bailey has asked that people refrain from asking for large pay rises....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek....
...The building, designed by Sir Aston Webb, is as important to me as what is inside it. I am also really drawn to the Alhambra Palace – the courtyards, the gardens, the tiles....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. Views are personal. merryn@ft.com....
...andrew.hill@ft.com Twitter: @andrewtghill...
...Reading Merryn Somerset Webb’s piece (FT Weekend, August 28), my heart leapt. At last, a long-overdue reminder to central bankers that their job is to ensure sound money — full stop....
...A net 170,000 Hong Kong residents have left the former British territory so far this year, according to analysis of Hong Kong immigration statistics by database Webb-site Who’s Who....
...Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is worried about the commodities market. If you’re not already, you probably should be too, writes markets editor Katie Martin....
...A review of Merryn Somerset Webb’s book Share Power, which calls for individual investors to have more say in the running of the companies they own and offers solutions....
...How does ESG continue to evolve, wonders Merryn Somerset Webb. “It will continue to evolve until one way or another it encompasses everything....
...Amy Webb, The Big Nine (longlist, 2019), suggested three additions to our post-Covid list: Girl Decoded (2020) by Rana el Kaliouby, “makes a strong case for why we must make AI systems more equitable, diverse...
...-Merryn Somerset Webb’s column every Saturday in the Weekend FT....
...It is named after the three women who founded it in 1978: Jill Dunbar, Jenny Feder and Helene Webb....
...Sir Steve Webb, partner at the pension consultants LCP and a former pensions minister, said the government “had a problem” because the default under the law was to uprate pensions in line with earnings....
...“Bringing pensions back into inheritance tax net (reversing a George Osborne change) — doesn’t feel very ‘Tory’,” says Webb....
...In a real bubble, price to earnings ratios hit obviously silly levels: 45 to 70 times perhaps, suggests Credit Suisse strategist Andrew Garthwaite....
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