Dan Hodges, Political commentator at the Mail on Sunday, joined Share Radio Breakfast to give his weekly politics round-up. He looked over the situation in Syria and gave his take on the ASLEF and RMT union strike affecting Southern rail services. Finally, we discussed the latest that the News industry is worth £5.3 billion to the economy.
Guests: Chris Bailey,Dan Hodges
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
The Taiwanese government had the diplomatic spotlights turned on it when Donald Trump accepted a phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen upon his ascension to President-Elect of the US - the first conversation between the two nations at this level in decades. But others were less pleased - namely the Chinese Government. Alongside other anti-China sentiments expressed by Trump, this conversation with President Ing-wen marks a new faux-pas. Share Radio's Matt Cox spoke to Dr Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute, and expert in governance, foreign, and security policies of China and Taiwan.
Guests: Matt Cox,Dr Steve Tsang
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
Aviva's latest Real Retirement report reveals that baby-boomers are enthusiastic users of technology but pensions need to catch up. According to the report, the 45-64 year old is very confident when it comes to mobile technology where banking is concerned, but when it comes to pensions there's less confidence. So if this is a generation of tech adopters, what's the problem? Alistair McQueen, Aviva's retirement spokesperson, joined Share Radio to discuss.
Guests: Chris Bailey,Alistair McQueen
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
The Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust was launched a year ago. It targets growth regions in Continental Europe and aims to provide a regular and attractive level of income together with the potential for long-term income and capital growth. Tony Smedley, Investment Manager & Head of Continental Europe, joined Share Radio to discuss their latest full year results.
Guests: Chris Bailey,Tony Smedley
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
In its 19th year, the survey of 1,735 organizations globally examines some of the most compelling cybersecurity issues facing businesses today in the digital ecosystem. The 19th EY Global Information Security Survey has been released and it revealed that, despite the growing risks, three quarters of global organizations do not have a threat intelligence programme, more than half lack the ability to identify vulnerabilities and 44% do not have a security operating centre to continuously monitor for cyber attacks. Paul Van Kessel, global cybersecurity leader at EY, joined Share Radio to discuss the survey.
Guests: Chris Bailey,Paul Van Kessel
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
The market is heading into the last US Federal Reserve meeting of the year almost certain that the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will raise the Fed fund rate by 25 bps, from current 0.25% to 0.50%. Professor Peter Rupert, Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Former Senior Economic Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank joined Share Radio to discuss.
Guests: Chris Bailey,Professor Peter Rupert
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
Japan's government is set to forecast real economic growth of around 1.5% and nominal growth of about 2.5% for the next fiscal year from April. This according to two government officials involved in the projection process told Reuters. The projections have not yet been finalised and can change slightly by the time the government announces the figures on Dec. 20. Seijiro Takeshita, Professor of Management and Information at University of Shizuoka, Japan, joined Share Radio to discuss.
Guests: Chris Bailey,Dr Seijiro Takeshita
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
As part of our series with financial journalist and author Rodney Hobson, we look at ponzi schemes.
Guests: Rodney Hobson
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
A quarter of us have fallen victim to a scam. This is according to new research released by Santander, showing that 13 million of us have been targeted, losing on average £438 - amounting to losses of almost £11 billion to the UK economy. So why are so many of us falling victim? Olivia Demetriades spoke to Paul Wilson, TV presenter and star of The Real Hustle.
Guests: Paul Wilson
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
Recently prpl Foundation unveiled its global study on the use of smart devices- the first research of its kind. "The prpl Foundation Smart Home Security Report" found that while there was more adoption of smart devices people were failing to secure their smart home. To find out more about this Jinan Rahma spoke to Cesare Garlati, chief security strategist for the prpl Foundation and began by asking whether the smart home was a thing of the future.
Guests: Cesare Garlati
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