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Merryn Talks Money

Merryn Talks Money

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Merryn Talks Money with Bloomberg senior columnist Merryn Somerset Webb is your key to understanding how markets work – and how you can make them work for you. Every episode features a relaxed but in-depth conversation with a fund manager, a strategist, a Bloomberg expert or just someone Merryn finds particularly interesting in any given week. Listen in for the kind of insights and explanations everyone can use to help them make better saving and investing choices.

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  • Why Your Tax-Free Pension Lump Sum Is Under Growing Threat

    Why Your Tax-Free Pension Lump Sum Is Under Growing Threat
    Sep 17 2025

    Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with  Mark Wood, Chairman of Everest Funeral Concierge, Chair of PensionBee, and former CEO off Prudential UK and AXA, to discuss how sweeping pension reforms could transform the way UK earners save and draw down their pensions.

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    22 mins
  • The Real Reason UK Energy Prices Are Skyrocketing

    The Real Reason UK Energy Prices Are Skyrocketing
    Sep 15 2025

    These days, UK energy policies arguably seem more ideological than anything else. But that doesn’t seem to be working, so perhaps it’s time for it to be practical instead? With that in mind we invited Dieter Helm, a professor of economic policy at the University of Oxford, to join this week’s Merryn Talks Money podcast. He discusses how the UK, which consistently ranks among the most expensive countries for consumer electricity prices, should address its energy problem.

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    32 mins
  • Gold vs. Bitcoin: What’s Driving the Safe-Haven Rally in 2025

    Gold vs. Bitcoin: What’s Driving the Safe-Haven Rally in 2025
    Sep 12 2025

    In this week's markets roundup, host Merryn Somerset Webb, editor-at-large for Bloomberg UK Wealth, sits down with Noor Al Ali from Bloomberg Markets Live to unpack gold’s remarkable rally and its implications for global markets.

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    18 mins
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