May 17, 2013

Merryn Somerset Webb: Fund managers are a busted flush

Merryn Sommerset Webb

The structure of the industry condemns many of them to underperform

May 10, 2013

Merryn Somerset Webb: What price the lucky country?

The mining boom has distorted Australia’s economy

May 3, 2013

Merryn Somerset Webb: Interest-only, a big problem?

Look at the numbers and the mortgages aren’t so bad

Apr 26, 2013

Merryn Somerset Webb: High pay means low returns

Massive rewards for managers encourage misallocation of capital

Apr 19, 2013

Merryn Somerset Webb: UK house bubble may deflate

A gradual erosion in real terms is the most likely outcome

Apr 12, 2013

Cures for a passive dilemma?

There is a middle way in investing

Apr 5, 2013

Why passive investing is buy high, sell low

Index trackers that can outperform fund managers

Mar 22, 2013

Two sides of the same tarnished coin

It’s a mistake to think Cyprus and the UK Budget aren’t linked

Mar 15, 2013

Land of the rising optimism

Current events are surely on Japan’s side

Mar 8, 2013

A wealth of inequalities bodes ill

Riches are concentrated in the hands of the few

Mar 1, 2013

How capital gains tax destroys wealth

CGT disproportionately affects the well-off

Feb 22, 2013

Qualified to recommend seven sensible funds

Small is beautiful when you’re looking to beat the market

Feb 8, 2013

Can your fund manager move with the times?

What is needed to win in a low-growth era?

Feb 1, 2013

A new take on the active vs passive debate

Fund investors might be smarter than we thought

Jan 25, 2013

Another industry managing quite nicely thank you

Wealth managers are an expensive option for many

Jan 18, 2013

Sterling pulls ahead in race for the bottom

It’s hard to find any reasons to be upbeat about the pound

Jan 11, 2013

Banks ignore the spirit of RDR

This is not the revolution in transparency we were expecting

Dec 14, 2012

This time Japan has a yen for change

A weaker currency could boost Japanese shares

Nov 23, 2012

Never forget that elephants don’t gallop

Traditionally, small-caps have outperformed. They should do so again

Nov 16, 2012

Chinese shares are just not cheap enough

Chinese companies are not what many investors think

ABOUT MERRYN

Merryn Somerset Webb Merryn Somerset Webb is the Editor of MoneyWeek.

After gaining a first class degree in History & Economics at Cambridge, Merryn became a Daiwa scholar and spent a year studying Japanese at London University. In 1992, she moved to Japan to continue her Japanese studies and to produce business programmes for NHK, Japan’s public TV station.

In 1993, she became an institutional broker for SBC Warburg, where she stayed for 5 years. Returning to the UK in 1998, Merryn became a financial writer for The Week. Two years later, in 2000, MoneyWeek was launched and Merryn took the job of editor.

E-mail merryn@ft.com
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