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The Sustainable City, explored. Join Andy Bush and William Shutkin as they discuss bold ideas and innovations for green, equitable and climate-friendly cities with the people making them happen. The Sustainable City Podcast addresses critical questions like, How do we build a zero-carbon city? In an automobile-obsessed culture, and with EVs on the march, are car-free communities even possible in the US? And, do green cities inevitably mean gentrified cities, only for the rich?
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In our latest update, James McManus, Chief investment Officer, outlines financial market performance in July, results from the start of the second quarter reporting season, and the latest decisions from major central banks on interest rates. About this update: This update was recorded on 6th August 2024. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate…
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In our latest update, James McManus, Chief investment Officer, looks at market performance in June. He outlines how Nutmeg portfolios are positioned for the second half of the year, and assesses the prospects for interest rate cuts from major central banks. About this update: This update was recorded on 2nd July 2024. All figures, unless otherwise …
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In our latest update, Pacome Breton, Head of Portfolio Management, looks at market performance in May, outlines some changes to the Nutmeg portfolios, and assesses the potential market impact of upcoming elections. About this update: This update was recorded on 4th June 2024. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate to the month of May 2024. So…
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Brad Holland, Director of Investment Strategy, reviews market performance during April, and outlines recent changes the team has made to Nutmeg portfolios.About this update: This update was recorded on 7th May 2024. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate to the month of April 2024.Source: MacroBond, Nutmeg and Bloomberg. Risk warning: As with…
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Episode 17: How Real Estate Development Can Boost Urban Health
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Adele Houghton and Matt Kiefer think the real estate industry needs to do a better job of understanding the health effects of development. In a recent article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review called “How Real Estate Development Can Boost Urban Health,” they propose using a public health method called health situation analysis to define, mea…
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James McManus, Nutmeg's Chief Investment Officer, explains why March was a strong month for UK equities, and global markets as a whole.About this update: This update was recorded on 9th April 2024. About this update: This update was recorded on 9th April 2024. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate to the month of March 2024. On 10th April, t…
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Pacome Breton, Nutmeg's head of portfolio management, reviews the earnings season, the outlook for inflation, and gives an update on the Nutmeg portfolios.About this update: This update was recorded on 5th March 2024. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate to the month of February 2024.Source: MacroBond, Nutmeg and Bloomberg. Risk warning: As…
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Nutmeg's chief investment officer, James McManus, reviews January’s market performance and dives into recent developments in China as we enter the Year of the Dragon on 10th February. About this update: This update was recorded on 6th February 2024. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate to the month of January 2024.Source: MacroBond, Nutmeg …
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It was a strong end to 2023 for both equities and bonds. Our head of portfolio management, Pacome Breton, discusses what's been behind this optimism, and outlines why interest rate cuts could feature in the 12 months ahead. About this update: This update was recorded on 9th January 2024. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate to the month of …
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November was a strong month for equity markets as central banks appeared to hold steady on interest rates. In our final investor update of the year, Lauren and Brad look back on 2023, recapping the main themes for investors. About this update: This update was recorded on 5 December 2023. All figures, unless otherwise stated, relate to the month of …
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Episode 16: Talking Green Roofs with UrbanStrong’s Alan Burchell
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Toronto was the first North American city to pass a green roof law, in 2009, requiring new buildings or additions that are greater than 21,000 square feet to cover between 20 and 60 percent of their buildings with vegetation. Meanwhile, the U.S. government’s General Services Administration has over 80 buildings with green roofs, spanning approximat…
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Despite October proving to be another challenging month for investors, there are reasons to be positive about the outlook for the medium-term. Our chief investment officer James McManus, chats to Lauren about sources of investor optimism, and changes the investment team made to the Nutmeg portfolios in October. About this update: This update was re…
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The Nutmeg Podcast | Behind the launch of our thematic portfolios
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In this episode, hosts Gary Shepherd and Kat Mann are joined by Nutmeg investment strategist, Scott Gardner, who talks all things thematic investing.Scott explores the ideas behind thematic investing, navigates the history of the style, and shares the reasoning behind the launch of Nutmeg’s new portfolio range. How did the team decide upon the them…
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In this month’s update, Pacome Breton, head of portfolio management reviews the state of the markets during September and discusses the decisions to pause on interest rate rises, both in the UK and the US. He also discusses the recent rise in oil prices, and the impact this has on different markets. About this update: This update was recorded on Tu…
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The Nutmeg Podcast | Your pensions and retirement health check
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In our latest episode, host Gary Shepherd is joined by Nutmeg financial planner, Holly Graham, who shares with us her tips for planning for your retirement.The conversation covers steps to making use of tax-efficient pensions, and potentially combining these with other savings and investments. This pensions health check can help you prioritise, whi…
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In this month's update, Pacome Breton, our head of portfolio management, answers questions on the volatile month of August, updates to the portfolios, and the relative outperformance of US markets in 2023 so far. About this update: This update was filmed on Tuesday 6th September 2023. Risk warning: As with all investing, your capital is at risk. Th…
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In this month’s update, Nutmeg’s director of investment strategy, Brad Holland, answers questions on market performance, the risk-on sentiment in July, and how the global economy has so far managed to avoid recession. About this update: This update was filmed on Tuesday 8th August 2023. Risk warning: As with all investing, your capital is at risk. …
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The Nutmeg Podcast | Saving and investing for the next generation
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In this episode, Nutmeg’s Kat Mann and Gary Shepherd discuss the options to help secure the financial futures of your children, grandchildren, or young dependents. Want to encourage putting their birthday or pocket money to better use? Do you want to be more tax efficient with their savings while taking advantage of higher interest rates currently …
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Episode 15: The Future of Cities Writ Large
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In our last three-person episode, we explored the future of work in the post-pandemic, climate age, about office space and commuting patterns. These changes are happening in real time, before our very eyes. The same can be said about the future of cities writ large, not just office buildings and commutes, but cities as a whole: housing, transportat…
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In this month’s update, Nutmeg’s head of portfolio management, Pacome Breton, answers questions on the global inflationary outlook, the latest economic data from the UK and the rest of the world, as well as giving an update on the performance of equity and bond markets in June.About this update: This update was recorded on Tuesday 4th July 2023.Ris…
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The Nutmeg Podcast | Market myths and investment adages
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In this episode, we’re talking market myths and investment adages. Should you really have ‘sold in May and gone away’? And what do passive investors mean when they talk about just ‘buying the haystack’?Nutmeg’s head of portfolio management, Pacome Breton, talks Gary Shepherd through his team’s data and research, challenging some market preconceptio…
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In this month’s update, Nutmeg’s chief investment officer, James McManus, outlines how the UK appears to be lagging other countries when it comes to controlling inflation, while also updating us on the latest from China as it continues to work its way back to full capacity.About this update: This update was recorded on Tuesday 6th June 2023.Risk wa…
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Episode 14: Noah Gallagher Shannon on Sustainable Living and the Uruguay Example
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In his at once inspiring and dispiriting piece in the New York Times Magazine from November 2022 entitled “What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay,” Noah Gallagher Shannon writes: “This is the paradox at the heart of climate change: We’ve burned far too many fossil fuels to go on living as we have, but we’ve also never learned to…
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In our latest investor update, Nutmeg director of investment strategy Brad Holland answers questions on the earnings reporting season and its impact on markets. He also talks about recent changes to the Nutmeg fully managed and socially responsible portfolios which means they are no longer underweight government bonds. About this update: This updat…
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Episode 13: Home, Office, Climate, Cities: What's Ahead?
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For this episode and the foreseeable future, we’re experimenting with a new podcast format, less linear, less binary, more conversational, informal, improvisational. We intend to focus on issues both of the moment and bigger picture, longer term, all related somehow to sustainable cities, this podcast’s soul’s purpose. We’ll still do more conventio…
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March was an eventful month for markets as concerns about some parts of the global banking system heightened volatility, while persistent inflation data encouraged central banks to raise interest rates once again. Pacome Breton, head of portfolio management at Nutmeg, talks us through the month in our latest investor update. About this update: This…
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Episode 12: Pete Plastrik on Social Innovation and Sustainable Cities
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Peter Plastrik knows cities. He was born in Paris, grew up in New York City, and lived in not one but four Michigan cities. He is cofounder and vice president of the Innovation Network for Communities, was a founding consultant to the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and has worked closely with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network since its inc…
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After a strong start to the year, investors got a reality check in February, as inflation remained high, pressure increased on central banks to keep raising interest rates, and markets dipped. James McManus, chief investment officer at Nutmeg, brings you our investment team’s analysis of markets and portfolio performance in our latest investor upda…
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Markets rallied strongly in January, but which regions were the standout performers? And are there reasons for optimism for policymakers, despite ongoing recessionary fears? Pacome Breton, head of portfolio management at Nutmeg, presents the investment team’s views in our latest investor update. About this update: This update was recorded on 7th Fe…
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The Nutmeg Podcast | The fundamentals of ESG with Chuka Umunna
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In this episode, we explore a theme that’s omnipresent today within the world of personal finance, that is environmental, social and corporate governance – the acronym being ESG. It’s all about understanding and measuring the behaviour of companies and how they engage with their customers, employees, communities, and us as investors. Nutmeg’s James…
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Making sense of a volatile end to a volatile year in 2022, and an update on the trades made in December to position Nutmeg portfolios going into 2023. Brad Holland, director of investment strategy, presents our investment team’s current views in our latest investor update.About this update: This update was filmed on 9th January 2023. All figures, u…
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It was a positive November overall for markets, but how are central banks combating stubborn, rising inflation? And, with images of protests against Covid restrictions in China being broadcast globally, is the world’s largest trading economy really opening up again for business? Gary Shepherd, investment writer at Nutmeg, speaks with our chief inve…
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Episode 11: Sheila Foster on Co-Cities and a New Model of Urban Governance
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Sheila is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy at Georgetown University. She holds a joint appointment with the Law Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy. During the 2021-2022 academic year, she served as the inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Law Center. Sheila also co-directs LabGov, …
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The Nutmeg Podcast | What is financial advice and how can it help
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Have you seen a financial adviser? Only 8% of people in the UK have seen a financial adviser, despite the potentially life changing decisions people face with their finances. Annabelle Williams and Kat Mann are joined by Nutmeg financial planner, Chris Liebetrau, to discuss what to expect from financial planning, how it might be able to help you an…
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Episode 10: The Connecticut Case: Sara Bronin on Zoning Reform and Desegregation in the Nutmeg State
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Law and urban planning professor and advocate Sara Bronin founded Desegregate CT to transform Connecticut’s zoning laws from tools for racial exclusion to instruments of social change and sustainability. Widely viewed as the poster child of the “suburban state,” whose old, industrial cities and communities of color have suffered decades of neglect …
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Making sense of bond market moves, falls in energy prices, and why strong labour markets give reason for optimism on the global economy. Paul Hillis, a senior wealth manager at Nutmeg, speaks with director of investment strategy Brad Holland about the latest economic and market developments, as well as outlining changes in the Nutmeg portfolios. Ab…
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How markets have responded to the chancellor’s mini-budget, and what this has meant for client portfolios, as well as suggestions that the UK is not in recession as previously thought. Nutmeg investment writer, Gary Shepherd, speaks with chief investment officer, James McManus, about these developments and the Nutmeg portfolios.About this update: T…
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Episode 9: Gray to Green Communities, in Conversation with Dana Bourland
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In her new book, Gray to Green Communities, Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a gray housing model to a green one, which values the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet. Dana shows that we don’t have to choose between protecting our environment and providing quality housing for all. How can we achi…
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The Nutmeg Podcast | Pensions and retirement
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Annabelle Williams, personal finance specialist at Nutmeg, and Kat Mann, savings and investment specialist at Nutmeg, are joined by Alice Tapper, financial campaigner and educator and founder of financial education platform, GoFundYourself. The conversation focuses on attitudes and behaviours toward pensions, talking to friends and family about ret…
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How rising inflation and recession concerns have persisted during the month of August, and the indicators which may signal optimism for the future of the global economy. Nutmeg product marketing manager, Molly Beake, speaks with director of investment strategy, Brad Holland, about this and changes the investment team have made to Nutmeg portfolios.…
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Episode 8: Investing in Sustainable Cities: Purpose and Profitability
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Money makes the world go ‘round, and what it doesn’t ruin it can nurture. In this episode, we talk about the role of investment and finance in advancing nature-friendly, equitable communities. From zero-carbon buildings and green roofs to EV charging stations and bike sharing, sustainable cities require a host of new technologies, infrastructure an…
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Why markets rallied in July, despite raised fears of recession, and the latest in central banks’ stance against rising inflation. Dissecting the early results from the all-important earnings season, and the changes the investment team have made to Nutmeg portfolios. Annabelle Williams, personal finance specialist at Nutmeg, joins chief investment o…
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The Nutmeg Podcast | What are bonds? An essential guide for investors
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Investors and economists consistently talk about bonds, but what exactly are they, what’s their history, and why are they still such an important part of multi-asset portfolios today? Kat Mann, (savings and investment specialist at Nutmeg), and Gary Shepherd (investment writer), as well as guest Brad Holland (director of investment strategy), discu…
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Episode 7: The Role of the Chief Sustainability/Climate/Resilience Officer in US Cities
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Until just over a decade ago, there was no such thing as a Sustainability Director or Chief Resilience Officer for cities. Now, cities feel incomplete without them. What are these jobs and why are they so essential to achieving urban sustainability goals? We pose these questions to our guests, Melanie Nutter, former Director of San Francisco’s Depa…
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Why the FTSE 100 is holding up better relatively than other global markets, and the consequence of rising bond yields. We’ll be discussing this and updating you on the latest trades in the Nutmeg portfolios in the investor update for July. Tapas Sharma, head of brand design, joins director of investment strategy, Brad Holland, for a full run-throug…
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Episode 6: Achieving Our Climate Goals: The Land Use-Transportation Nexus
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Rushad Nanavatty, Managing Director and lead of the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Urban Transformation program, and Ben Holland, Senior Associate and Policy Liaison at RMI, join us to explore the connection between transportation and land use, and how each affects our ability to achieve our climate goals, from commuting to street design to electric ve…
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The Nutmeg Podcast | Recession, the ‘lucky’ country, and silver linings
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The ‘R’ word is back in the news agenda, but what exactly is an economic recession? And is one really inevitable this year? Annabelle Williams (personal finance specialist at Nutmeg) and Gary Shepherd (investment writer), as well as guest James McManus (chief investment officer), discuss what history has taught us about past downturns, the self-cor…
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How a late flourish helped stabilise equity and bond markets in May, and why headline data points to the month having been a pivotal point in the inflation story of 2022. We’ll be discussing this and updating you on changes in the Nutmeg portfolios in the Investor Update for June, which is now available. Investor writer, Gary Shepherd, joins chief …
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Episode 5: Sustainability and Wellness in the Built Environment
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We look at sustainability, health and wellness in buildings and real estate. Beyond a zero-carbon built environment, what other goals should we be aiming for in creating better, greener, more inclusive cities? And how do we get there? Our guests are Brad Jacobson, Principal at EHDD, a San Francisco-based architecture firm leading the way towards a …
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The Nutmeg Podcast | Burgernomics, Freddonomics and high inflation in 2022
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Ever heard of Burgernomics or Freddonomics? Kat Mann (savings and investment specialist at Nutmeg) and Gary Shepherd (investment writer), as well as guest Brad Holland (director of investment strategy), discuss how these iconic treats are used to take the inflationary temperature. We discuss the factors that are leading to significant increases in …
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