Tag Archives: Robin Powell

Looking at it Robin Powell’s way

Posted on January 24, 2020 by

I’ve long admired the journalist Robin Powell for his clear insights. Lately he’s taken to writing little stories to illustrate the points he is making. He has written a series of pieces , the rest of which you can find … Continue reading →

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Happy being part of the crowd!

Posted on July 26, 2019 by

Robin Powell – the evidence based investor – has produced a very simple explanation of why the valuations of stocks are 90% right. You can read it here. It’s based on the ask the audience responses to who want to … Continue reading →

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The conflicts of interest facing pension trustees

Posted on October 10, 2018 by

  Robin Powell of the Evidenced Based Investor, interviewed me this week. You can find the original interview here, Robin’s work is important, I hope a few readers will come to his seminar- advertised at the bottom of this piece. … Continue reading →

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Why funds should be free!

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

My friend Robin Powell has produced a series of disruptive info graphics around comments he’s garnered following Fidelity’s announcement of “free funds”. He’s also written a good blog on the subject. Of course “free funds” is a disruptive idea and … Continue reading →

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Less than faithful stewards

Posted on March 5, 2017 by

Robin Powell is one of pension’s best investigative journalists. Here he reviews the day’s FCA press releases which suggest that despite prompting, asset managers continue to let their investors down. Another day, another piece of evidence that the UK asset managers … Continue reading →

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Lies, damned lies and trade body PR – Robin Powell

Posted on August 20, 2016 by

Robin Powell is a thoroughly decent man with an interest in financial probity who happens to write very well, he’s picked up on a couple of blogs which have been on here and I’m happy to return the favour. Robin … Continue reading →

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