BEN WILKINSON: We need a saving grace in next week’s budget… But does our new chancellor have the will to make it happen? By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 3 March 2020 Britain needs a Budget next Wednesday that will get the nation saving … Read more
The big question about Covid-19 is: do the authorities know something we don’t? This was not my observation but that of a UK FTSE 100 chairman employing 130,000 staff around the world with a big presence in the US and China. The decision of America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, to slash its key interest … Read more
The activist demand that the Prudential sell its American arm Jackson Life was a bit of a shock. But the idea will be familiar to the Pru board, chaired by City grandee Paul Manduca. As part of a continuing strategic review, the future of America’s top annuity insurer Jackson Life has been under discussion for … Read more
The race to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus is heating up. In Cambridge, researchers at the university’s Infectious Diseases Centre say work is ‘already well under way’. After further tests, they hope to send the vaccine soon for pre-clinical trials at Public Health England. In the US, Novavax has begun testing a vaccine on … Read more
BEN WILKINSON: Freedom can be costly when it comes to pensions so always think long-term By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:18 GMT, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 09:45 GMT, 26 February 2020 The five-year anniversary of the pension freedoms comes with a blunt warning: savers are pulling their cash out at an … Read more
SIMON LAMBERT: Will the Chancellor be brave enough to get rid of Britain’s 60p tax rate? By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:00 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 09:00 GMT, 27 February 2020 It’s high time that Britain got rid of its 60p tax rate, but will the new Chancellor be brave enough? The … Read more
For the generation which might have forgotten – or even never known – what a stock market correction looks like, now is the time to learn. Fears of the corroding damage which coronavirus is having on the world economy have spread dramatically, delivering the worst week for share prices across the globe since the peak … Read more
Bill Galvin is group chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme The judiciary’s decision to grant the appeal against the building of a third runway at Heathrow, announced earlier this week, was disappointing to say the least. But we, as the largest private pension scheme in the UK and a major investor in the airport, … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Hold your nerve even as markets head south By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:10 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:04 GMT, 29 February 2020 Let’s not beat around the bush. Stock markets are in freefall, and if the doomsters are to be believed, there could be worse to … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: The coronavirus is a tough test for the global economy… but we’re resilient By Hamish Mcrae For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 29 February 2020 Bang. Something had to trigger the next global economic downturn, but we did not know what it would be. … Read more