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Georgina McNamara

I report for two Financial Times publications, MandateWire and Asset Owner Exchange, and also write freelance. This is my portfolio of published articles, video content and blog posts.

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Financial Times •

Pensions invest £11bn in UK private markets despite challenges

Large British pension schemes hold a total of £11.1bn in UK unlisted assets, new data shows, a year after agreeing with the government to increase their investment in private markets.

A group of 17 pension providers agreed to the “Mansion House Accord” last year, an industry-wide agreement aimed at encouraging schemes to invest at least 10 per cent of their defined contribution (DC) assets in global private markets by 2030, half of which would be in the UK.
Financial Times •

Using AI for financial advice? Proceed with caution

Danilo McGarry highlights a problem with outsourcing your financial planning to artificial intelligence.

The strategic adviser on AI for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says that when one user asked a chatbot how to reduce their tax bill, the tool suggested a move to Monaco.

Though this is technically correct, it was “practically useless” for someone employed in Croydon at the time, he says.
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“Private credit markets are not optional, they are necessary”: The stakeholders holding firm on private credit despite bubble fears

It’s been a bad time for private credit lately. 2025 saw high-profile defaults from First Brands Group, now on the verge of total liquidation, and Tricolour Holdings, which is facing over $900mn in potential losses.

As the old adage goes – although former Tricolour CEO Daniel Chu would probably disagree – there is no smoke without fire. Indeed, for some policy makers and investors, including Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, the failure of both firms set “alarm bells” ringing.
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Regulators are loosening the rules on crypto. Are asset owners interested?

If you’re an asset owner who values financially-lucrative investments then chances are you have weighed the benefits – and drawbacks – of crypto. Why wouldn’t you? After all, with great risk also comes great opportunity and if there’s one thing we know about crypto, it’s an extremely risky asset with the potential to either burn or make an investor’s returns.Earlier this year Donald Trump passed an executive order enabling 401k savings plans to invest in a range of alternative assets, including...
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Rachel Reeves wants more pension schemes to invest in UK private assets. Can she succeed?

On the one hand, jumping on the private markets bandwagon may seem a sound investment decision. Private equity and private credit can both offer higher returns. As a result, the asset class has grown exponentially in the past decade. Consultants at Bain and Company predicted last year that private market assets under management would increase at more than twice the rate of public assets to reach as much as $65tn by 2032. There is also an increasingly large number of vehicles to give investors acce...
The Telegraph •

‘I moved to Australia to be a doctor – now I’m paid double’

Dr Tom Petrie had worked as a junior doctor for only a year before he realised he needed to move abroad – for the sake of both his mental health and his career. “The moment I realised the NHS wasn’t going to be for me was when I had four 13-hour night shifts in a row, I was given five wards to watch,” says the 24-year-old. “The only assistance I was offered was the phone number of one senior doctor who was covering five times more than I was.”Now, he’s in Darwin, Australia, getting paid almost d...
The Telegraph •

The countries where you get two state pensions

Do you claim two or more state pensions from separate countries? If you’re interested in telling your story, get in touch via rob.white@telegraph.co.uk. Most people are happy to qualify for one state pension. But, by design or happy coincidence, some retirees will qualify for not one, but two state pensions – and enjoy annual increases for life.According to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, the most basic retirement requires an annual income of £14,400 for singles and £22,400 for co...
The Telegraph •

Winter fuel raid threatens to make thousands of pensioners ill

Labour’s raid on pensioners threatens to plunge Britain into a health crisis this winter, the Government has been warned. Campaign groups, charities and Conservatives fear that thousands more elderly retirees now risk becoming ill due to Rachel Reeves’s decision to strip winter fuel payments from around 10 million pensioners. Only those who receive pension credits will be eligible for the extra support. The Chancellor withdrew the annual allowance, worth up to £300, after claiming Labour had inh...
The Telegraph •

How much it costs to send your children to Britain’s top university cities

Filling up the car with suitcases and boxes to move across the country is a rite of passage for teenagers heading to university for freshers’ week.For many students it is the first time they will live alone, dealing with rent, bills and a weekly food shop – not forgetting the annual £9,250 tuition fees.  To fund this, more than half of students take out a loan.But even for those borrowing large sums, the Bank of Mum and Dad is often still expected to make up the shortfall between what the Govern...

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