Savers in Cyprus, UK banks and bond fund...

Fifty-eight-year-old Margo has amassed a very healthy retirement fund, in part by buying shares in Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company run by Warren Buffett. When even the ‘Sage of Omaha’ is reducing his exposure to certain US stocks, Margo wonders if it’s time for her to ... Show More

Matt started investing at just 22 with the help of his financial adviser father. Now, at 29, and with a wedding on the cards, he’s got an extra reason to be diligent about his money. Some of Matt’s stock picks (such as Glencore) haven’t been performing as he might like. Is it tim ... Show More

Forty-nine-year-old Jane has always been careful to squirrel money away, and a recent inheritance has boosted her nest egg to £125,000. But there’s one problem: it’s all in cash. Now, with half an eye on retirement, Jane wants to start investing but is unsure about how to do this ... Show More

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Goldman Sachs's move into retail banking, the usefulness or otherwise of 'coco' bonds and why British banks aren't doing as well as their European continental rivals. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 

Khatija Haque and Daniel Richards discuss the outlook for the UK economy and the pound over the next year, after the Bank of England struck a dovish tone at its November policy meeting. They also talk about the potential impact of a weaker pound on the UAE’s economy. See omnystud ... Show More

Deutsche Bank's Alan Ruskin says that the Bank of England won't follow the Fed in raising rates any time soon. He joins Tom Keene and Michael McKee on Bloomberg Surveillance. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com 

Christopher Thompson and guests discuss the UK competition watchdog's long-awaited report into the state of retail banking, Royal Bank of Scotland's decision to abandon its spin-off of Williams and Glyn, European investment banks' underperformance and the state of small business ... Show More

Peter Spiegel, Brussels bureau chief, joins the podcast to discuss the potential fallout from the bailout in Cyprus, which sees bank deposits tapped for the first time. Also under discussion are the results of the second leg of US stress tests, as the Fed orders JPMorgan and Gold ... Show More

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The UK economy delivers its strongest quarterly growth in more than a year. (2) UBS ends its $10bn Credit Suisse loss protection agreement with the Swiss government. (3) US inflation dat ... Show More

David Crow and guests discuss a push by top accountancy firms to offer services to those with a foothold in the cryptocurrencies sector, a derivatives deal in Europe, Brexit blues at RBS, the search for a European investment banking champion and the US's 'naughty' banks. Contribu ... Show More

A coalition of big American banks said they will deposit $30bn into First Republic Bank, a mid-sized lender, to shore it up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.