What would be your answer? For some (my mum, for instance), it might be ‘got the t-shirt’. For...
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“More than half of UK workers stuck in jobs they don’t enjoy”
There’s much talk now of ‘flexible retirements’, with many working well past the trad 60, 65 or...
“Which countries have the best, and worst, living standards?”
Of course, your measure of best living standards may include stuff that another would give up for,...
“Lessons from the happiest countries in the world”
I have just spent a weekend in Copenhagen, capital of the second happiest country of the world....
“Number of female advisers grows by just 2%”
In law, medicine and accountancy, the majority of new entrants are female, with the overall...
“World´s most powerful passports revealed in 2024 ranking study”
If you have the choice and inclination, which is the best country’s passport to try to...
“Female advisers earning more than male colleagues for ‘first time ever’”
Well, there’s a thing. All sorts of arguments you could have around the stats of course, female...
“More CEOs named Andrew and Simon than female leaders in FTSE 100”
The number of female advisers at PJFS is stratospherically greater and the proportion of female...
What’s in a name?
https://youtu.be/3ls6UEUVNOU One of our trade papers this week asked a selection of advisers how...
Travel agent? Financial Adviser? DIY?
I had a lovely few nights in Barcelona, thank you. And, yes, I could have arranged...
“Time to break the bias in financial advice”
The ‘bias’ in question is ‘gender imbalance’ and much discussed in our trade press this week, not...
Making a difference?
Ex-MP Rory Stewart was talking about why he came into and left politics. He travelled in...
Happy Days are here again?
Was listening to an interview with now-celebrated director, Ron Howard, formally star of both...
“The Nanny State Made Me — a timely defence of big government”
The ’70s were for my coming-of-age time, as they were for Stuart Maconie, author of ‘The Nanny...
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
One of my lockdown projects is to listen to all of my vinyl (in alphabetical order of course)....