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...And if you want to learn more about that, do listen to our previous episode with Sir Steve Webb looking at whether it’s worth it to top up your national insurance credits....
...In it she gives a potted history of leading figures from Beatrice Webb to Christine Lagarde and — her favourite — Janet Yellen, the US Treasury secretary, whom she recently met in Washington....
...A Financial Times analysis of directorship data tracked by activist investor David Webb shows that at the end of 2020, just 74 women served as board members at the 52 companies in the Hang Seng index....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. Views are personal. merryn@ft.com....
...The unanimous agreement was a victory for President Christine Lagarde....
...How does ESG continue to evolve, wonders Merryn Somerset Webb. “It will continue to evolve until one way or another it encompasses everything....
...ECB president Christine Lagarde just last week said it was “premature” to talk of winding down the scheme....
...“Bringing pensions back into inheritance tax net (reversing a George Osborne change) — doesn’t feel very ‘Tory’,” says Webb....
...The day ahead EU’s IMF decision The EU’s 28 finance ministers are set to vote on Friday on the continent’s candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as managing director of the IMF....
...Merryn Somerset Webb argues that employee share ownership is a brilliant idea, but argues that the current proposal for it is flawed....
...“The chancellor’s windfall from better than expected borrowing forecasts meant that he did not have to cut back pension tax relief in this Budget,” said Sir Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London...
...Both leads are desperate in their flight: Kate Fleetwood’s bohemian-imperious Christine runs the club as her personal fiefdom, secure (temporarily) from the realities outside; Charles Edwards’ Hugh, even...
...Merryn Somerset Webb, FT columnist @MerrynSW I will stop nagging the young about their personal finances....
...Christine Ross The change to the qualification period for Entrepreneurs’ Relief from the current 12 months to 2 years was unexpected....
...Sir Steve Webb, director of policy of Royal London, calculates the difference to net take home pay for higher earners would only be about £500....
...Sir Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London, said: “For a higher-earning family, putting money into a pension is already a very attractive option....
...Christine Ross, head of advice, Handelsbanken Consider the most tax-efficient solution based on your individual circumstances....
...Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek. The views expressed are personal; merryn@ft.com; Twitter: @MerrynSW...
...“People are calling it ‘the Nicer’ as it’s the ideal way to help their offspring,” says Christine Ross, head of advice at Heartwood. “I’m past my Lisa sell-by date, but my daughter turns 18 next month....
...“But Steve Webb, director of policy at insurer Royal London, who also served as pensions minister under the coalition government, added: “There were things that MAS was doing well, which should not be lost...
...Christine Ross, head of advice at wealth manager Heartwood, says she expects clients to set them up for their children and use them “as they would a stakeholder pension”....
...Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has influenced me greatly and I was delighted to find her to be warm and welcoming when I visited Davos last year....
...David Webb, a shareholder rights activist, says Mr Leung will not jeopardise Hong Kong’s position as Asia’s premier financial market....
...Sarah Webb, Olympic sailor. MEMBER, MBE Harold Alderman, boxing historian. Tim Brabants, Olympic canoeist. Mark Bristow, Paralympic cyclist. James Walter Butler, sculptor....
...Sailing should prove a trump card again, with Ben Ainslie, in the Finn class, aiming for a historic third gold, and Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb (with Pippa Wilson this time) in the Yngling also defending...
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