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    Moira O'Neill

    Investing Columnist

    Moira is an independent freelance investment and money journalist. She was previously head of content at interactive investor, editor at Moneywise, personal finance editor at Investors Chronicle and deputy editor at Money Observer. She has won a Wincott Journalism Award and written two personal finance books, Finance at 40 and Saving and Investing for Your Children.

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    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
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      Should investors brave the gilts horror show?

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      Time to switch out of a defined benefit pension?

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