Richard Harrison

Nov 7, 2024 | moneymarketing.co.uk | Richard Harrison |Ihab El-Saie |Ros Altmann

As a lifelong rugby fan, I love the camaraderie and health benefits of playing the sport but not the injuries that sometimes come with it. After a recent game left me with a leg in plaster, I spent a lot of time housebound, relying on technology to get me through the working day. This got me thinking about the challenges facing financial advisers, who cannot function properly without the various pieces of software that enable them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

Jun 20, 2024 | moneymarketing.co.uk | Richard Harrison

Our lives are frequently shaped by our past. My childhood was spent on a dairy farm in rural North Yorkshire. I learned a great deal from my father and I find myself drawing on some of his wisdom now. You see, in a sense, running an advice firm is a bit like being a farmer: there are times when the harvest (or business) is bountiful, and times when it is a struggle.

Apr 16, 2024 | financialreporter.co.uk | Richard Harrison

"We all know only too well, given the last few years, how events out of a borrower’s control can have a substantial impact on their capacity for meeting their repayments." While mortgage rates have increased marginally of late, they remain much more attractive than was the case just a few short months ago. The latest data from Moneyfacts for example found that the average rates for two and five-year fixed rate mortgages stands at 5.80% and 5.39% respectively.

Mar 8, 2024 | bankofengland.co.uk | Richard Harrison

Staff Working Paper No. 1,063By Richard HarrisonThis paper studies optimal monetary policy in a New Keynesian model with portfolio frictions that create a role for the central bank balance sheet as a policy instrument. Central bank purchases of long‑term government debt (‘quantitative easing’) reduce average portfolio returns, thereby increasing aggregate demand and inflation. Optimal time‑consistent policy prescribes large and rapid asset purchases when the policy rate hits the zero bound.

Mar 1, 2024 | albertaviews.ca | Richard Harrison

Kyle Conway’s How to Read Like You Mean It addresses how students are taught to listen or read—or both—because, based on students’ own accounts and those of their teachers, they are not well instructed in either. The problem is far bigger than the classroom, for our world cannot exist without our ability to communicate—meaning to make and sustain a community, and thus each other, thus, ourselves. When we do not read well, we are not good at an essential part of life.