The cost of dying came under scrutiny in the money sections over the weekend. Elsewhere, Santander’s 123 current account came under fire, while retail investors were posed some big questions. Financial Times Investment study reveals poorer-than-expected performance from small-cap companies, reports Madison Darbyshire. Josephine Cumbo explains how the Department for Work and Pensions is drafting…
We’re nearly halfway through January, no better time for money journalists to focus on tax returns and a crucial self-assessment deadline at the end of this month. Elsewhere, a proposal to shake up the UK’s savings market received a mixed reception, while the financial implications of breaking up went under the spotlight. Financial Times Writing…
Happy new year to all Money & Media readers! Here’s a round-up of personal finance stories from the national press that appeared over the first weekend of January 2020. Getting financially ship-shape was the order of the day, plus there was great news for gold investors. National newspapers are awash with diet plans at this time…
Iain Anderson embodies the saying that if you want something done, ask a busy person. On learning that he’d just written a book, ‘F**k Business The Business of Brexit’, I tweeted Iain, asking if he could spare a review copy. A brace turned up by return of post. Typical. The last time our paths crossed, he’d…
Money Observer celebrates its 40th anniversary this October. In an exclusive Q&A, MO’s editor Faith Glasgow told me about the title’s birthday makeover, “sticky” readers (and how much they invest), plus the challenge of balancing content across multiple platforms. Andrew Michael (AM): Slightly premature congratulations on MO’s 40th birthday! The latest issue [September 2019] refers to a makeover.…
How do high-profile financial services companies keep on top of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram et al? In part two of this exclusive Q&A, Alison Traboulsi, Direct Line Group’s Head of Social Media, recalls a campaign where everything clicked and offers advice for working with influencers. Andrew Michael (AM): Is there a weekly pattern to your work,…
How do high-profile financial services companies keep on top of ‘social’ in all its many guises? In this two-part Q&A Alison Traboulsi, Head of Social Media at Direct Line Group, spoke exclusively to me about the challenges, issues and opportunities of working in this sphere. Andrew Michael (AM): You manage the social media team at Direct Line…
If I’m ever asked to give a talk to financial journalists who are new to writing about investing, stock markets, et al, I usually refer to a couple of books which helped me get started back in the dim and distant past. The first one is Michael Brett’s ‘How to Read the Financial Pages’ and…
The Neil Woodford calamity gauge moved from ‘really bad’ to ‘catastrophic’ yesterday. This was a result of wealth manager St James’s Place’s decision to terminate its £3.5bn relationship with the fund manager. At a stroke this wiped out 40 per cent of the entire assets under Woodford’s management. Thanks to recent events, his reputation as…
The UK is rubbish nowadays at producing successful Eurovision Song Contest entries, but leaves the rest of the continent standing when it comes to churning out newspaper consumer champions. Seriously. Try finding a financial agony aunt or uncle in Le Figaro, or Il Sore 24 Ore, or Die Welt. Any luck? If yes, you’re a…
The cost of dying came under scrutiny in the money sections over the weekend. Elsewhere, Santander’s 123 current account came under fire, while retail investors were posed some big questions. Financial Times Investment study reveals poorer-than-expected performance from small-cap companies, reports Madison Darbyshire. Josephine Cumbo explains how the Department for Work and Pensions is drafting…
Andrew is at the top of his profession and I highly recommend his range of talents to anyone. He works with absolute integrity at all levels and is part of an elite band of top level operators in the financial services industry. He quite simply ‘gets it’ relentlessly hunting for, and inevitably delivering, that compelling difference to take communications to another level.