The regulatory bit, before we start: What this is, and what it isn't. I'm an actuary, and my practice — Planet Positive Planning Ltd — provides educational financial services: explaining how things work, and helping people think decisions through. That isn't a regulated activity, so it
Four hours in the heat of Pompeii, and two energy reports that seem to contradict each other — a reflection on what credible hope actually rests on, and one very practical place to start.
The hardest part of retirement isn't the size of your pension — it's the shape of your life. A reflection on the maths and psychology of retiring well.
B Corp Month - and I'm going through the new assessment myself. Here's what choosing values-aligned suppliers really looks like in practice, from a community tree in Tower Hamlets to standing up to the Pentagon.
The first pension was a bonus for outliving expectations. Today it's a bet that markets survive the next thirty years intact. What would we design instead?
Selling fossil fuel shares doesn't bend the emissions curve — someone else just buys them. So where can a pound actually make a difference?
US stocks trade at more than double their historic average (at the time of writing). Markets price belief as much as earnings — so what happens when belief starts to crack?
Can your home upgrades pay you back — and could the UK turn excess wind into wealth? From heat pumps to Bitcoin mining, explore bold ideas that blend energy efficiency with financial return, inspired by Bhutan’s billion-dollar move.
"Green means lower returns" is the most persistent myth in investing. The evidence says otherwise — and your pension has twenty-five years to prove it.
Bonds stopped being the safe counterweight some time ago. What they can still do is pay you an income while funding the energy system we actually need.
Two graphs that should change how you think about planning for later life — and why the comfortable version we've been sold no longer holds.
Why I put money into Africa's largest electric motorbike fleet — and how to think about high-risk investing without betting more than you can lose.