Ever wondered if you can afford to take early retirement? Traditionally, you might have engaged a financial adviser to help explore your options. This week, I’ve been talking to one reader who’s been using ChatGPT instead. Unlike the 12mn Britons estimated to be in the “advice gap”, 58-year-old Jim can afford to pay for regulated … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the founder of Credit Capital Advisory In the summer of 1858, Britain’s parliamentarians soaked the curtains in the Palace of Westminster with lime chloride in an attempt to counter the “Great Stink” … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Automobiles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a racing driver and presenter of the TV series ‘Fifth Gear’ “What’s a clutch?” asked my 10-year-old. I swallowed an expletive and remained tactfully silent. This seemingly mystical element of a car is … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The author has written several books about the City and Wall Street According to the law of financial cycles, a rule invented by the veteran City journalist Christopher Fildes, disasters happen when the final person … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Despite repeated predictions that the rise of mobile platforms, cloud gaming and high-performance PCs would make consoles obsolete, Nintendo has proved that hardware still matters. The record-breaking debut of the Switch 2 has reset the … Read more
Much is said and written about the growing environmental sustainability and diminishing financial sustainability of wine production, but very little about the third pillar of sustainability, how those responsible for it are treated. Hence the title of a recent workshop organised in London by the UK’s co-operative buying organisation The Wine Society: “Breaking the Taboo … Read more
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Beating inflation in retirement was the top concern on a pensions webinar Q&A that I hosted last week. And so it should be. Everyone needs their hard-earned nest egg to keep its value — and inflationary pressures have not gone away. Doug Brodie, founder of retirement planning firm Chancery Lane, calls inflation “the single biggest … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The dappled June sun is peaking through the conference room blinds. The muffled sound of laughter on the street can just be perceived through the hum of the air conditioning. You, meanwhile, are trapped … Read more
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