Chris Bryant

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Andrea Felsted |Chris Bryant

Can an Italian auto guy revive the fortunes of Kering and Gucci? (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Luca de Meo is set to step into Francois-Henri Pinault’s luxurious shoes at Kering SA, with the owner of Gucci poised to appoint the outgoing Renault SA chief executive officer as its head and Pinault remaining as chairman, Bloomberg News reported. For Kering, the importance of the move can’t be overstated. It would mark the first time that the family-controlled group has been run by an outsider.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Chris Bryant

New friends? (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Following the collapse of Germany’s dysfunctional three-party coalition in November, then conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz vowed that he’d transform the country from “a sleeping middle power” to a “leading” one should he become chancellor. Judging by his first month in office, including a successful first White House meeting with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, the 69-year-old former corporate lawyer is well on track.

3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Chris Bryant

DENMARK’s recent move to increase the statutory retirement age to 70 for those born after 1970 – the highest in Europe – highlights an obvious and potentially troubling reality: Most of us are facing longer working lives, but that also means we need to remain healthier for longer. While linking the pensionable threshold to improving longevity is fair, up to a point, doing so risks exacerbating health inequalities because the poor become sick and die sooner than the rich.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Chris Bryant

Helping folk grow old healthily will make extending retirement ages more palatable. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Denmark’s recent move to increase the statutory retirement age to 70 for those born after 1970 — the highest in Europe — highlights an obvious and potentially troubling reality: Most of us are facing longer working lives, but that also means we need to remain healthier for longer.

3 weeks ago | advisorperspectives.com | Chris Bryant

Nevertheless, most of us will live longer than our parents and grandparents. (The UK government’s online calculator suggests your 42-year-old columnist will expire at 84, with a one-in-four chance I’ll reach 93. Fingers crossed.)While this is obviously good news, it will put even more pressure on pay-as-you-go social security systems which face a growing imbalance between the number of retirees and employees.