The Times newspaper published a letter from Ros lamenting the hurtful narrative of intergenerational strife and calling for help for older people to find new employment, rather than writing them off.
Ros is quoted by Professional Pensions, discussing the position of the Arcadia pension scheme and comparisons with BHS. ( link to pdf )
Ros is featured by Money Marketing magazine in a Ken Pyne cartoon commenting that, in response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Bank of England has not just found a magic money tree, but a whole magic money forest! ( link to pdf )
Wolf Street reports views from Ros and many fund managers about the problem of negative interest rates for pensions. ( link to pdf )
This is Money highlights the good news that some banks, including Barclays, have agreed to waive the increase in overdraft charges by allowing interest free overdrafts to end April, which Ros has warmly welcomed.
Ros is quoted in the Daily Telegraph urging banks to suspend the planned penal increases in overdraft charges for consumers, particularly on arranged overdrafts. (Subscription needed to view.)
Ros wrote a piece for the Young Money website explaining how young savers have lost out for years as a result of the Bank of England’s ultra-low rate policies. ( link to pdf )
Ros wrote an Opinion Column for the Yorkshire Post explaining why cutting interest rates makes not economic sense at this time and hoping Bank of England will not do so. ( link to pdf )
ThisisMoney website and Daily Mail newspaper report that the FCA is investigating the enormous increase in interest costs for bank customers using arranged overdrafts. Ros has called for this to be reviewed urgently as rates are egregiously high. ( link to pdf )
The Daily Mail highlights the problems of equity release mortgages and quotes’ Ros’ views on the comparisons with retirement interest only mortgages. ( link to pdf )