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Terry Smith in the media

Here you can find press articles and interviews from the media.
The articles and media coverage will be grouped into four sections: appearances on television, radio interviews, press coverage about me and articles to which I have contributed along with others, and by-lined articles that I have written and which have been published. The medium these articles appear in will vary according to the copyright licences we have negotiated.

Recent TV Appearances
Terry Smith discusses the LIBOR fixing scandal on Sky news on July 2nd 2012.
Terry Smith discusses the Eurozone Crisis with Joel Hills on Jeff Randall Live which was shown on Sky News on December the 9th 2011.
Terry Smith interviewed on 1st December 2011 by BBC News 24 about the recent action taken by the central banks and comments made by Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England.
Terry Smith comments on the EU debt crisis statement with Jeff Randall Live which was shown on Sky News on October 26th 2011.
Terry Smith discusses his new business Fundsmith with Jeff Randall Live which was shown on Sky News on November 2nd 2010.
 
 
An archive of further videos from Terry Smith can be found on Vimeo.

Other Recent Interviews

BBC Radio 4, Today Programme, 25 July 2012

BBC The Bottom Line, 04 July 2012

BBC World Service, 04 July 2012
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Sky News, 02 July 2012

BBC Radio 4, Today Programme, 02 July 2012

BBC 1, Question Time, 28 June 2012

BBC 1, News at Ten, 17 May 2012
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BBC 2, The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston, 17 May 2012

ITV News at Ten, 17 May 2012
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BBC Newsnight, 16 May 2012
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Jazz FM, 16 April 2012
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BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme, 20 February 2012

Channel 4 News, 01 February 2012
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BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 01 February 2012
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 BBC 2 - How The West Went Bust - Part Two, 11 December 2011

Channel 4 News, 10 December 2011
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BBC 10 o'clock News, 09 December 2011
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BBC 6 o'clock News, 09 December 2011
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BBC World Service - The Business Report, 09 December 2011
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BBC News 24, 09 December 2011
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BBC Radio 4 - The Today Programme, 09 December 2011

BBC 2 - How The West Went Bust - Part One, 04 December 2011

BBC News 24, 01 December 2011
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BBC Radio 5 - live Drive, 01 November 2011
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BBC Radio 4 - The Today Programme, 27 October 2011

BBC Radio 2 - Simon Mayo Drivetime, 27 October 2011
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BBC Radio 4 - The Today Programme, 19 September 2011

BBC Radio 4 - Moneybox, 17 September 2011
(Terry is on air at 13mins 20secs)

BBC Radio 4 - The Today Programme, 26 August 2011

BBC World Service - The Business Report, 10 August 2011

BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme, 06 August 2011

BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme, 29 July 2011

BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme, 01 June 2011

BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme, 11 May 2010

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 07 May 2010

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 29 March 2010

 

Recent Articles about Terry Smith

Terry Smith: The idea that you allow a load of banks to set rates... you're going to have a problem
By James Quinn, The Sunday Telegraph, 30 July 2012

As far as oiling the wheels of big City deals goes, cycling is the new golf
By Richard Fletcher, The Daily Telegraph, 04 May 2012

What I've learnt: Terry Smith
British Airways Business Life, 05 April 2012

Pet theories that deliver in difficult times
By Ian Cowie, The Daily Telegraph, 12 November 2011

INVESTMENT SPECIAL: This times he's playing for keeps 
By Jonathan Davis, The Spectator, 19 March 2011

Terry Smith: Buffett shows performance fees don't work
By Hysni Kaso, Investment Week, 29 September 2010

A Rude Awakening for Funds - Merryn Somerset Webb
Money Week, 17 September 2010

Terry Smith to Launch own fund
By Alistair Gray, Financial Times, 12 September 2010

Terry Smith courts investors for new fund
By James Quinn, The Sunday Telegraph 12 September 2010

The Capitalist : Business Guru
By Victoria Bates, City AM, 18 February 2010

If I take my hands and feet off the controls, we’ll all be dead in a minute and a half
Published in The Times, 24 January 2009

Parting of ways for Collins Stewart
By Peter Thal Larsen and Sarah Spikes , The Financial Times, 19 December 2006

Double float as Smith does the splits at Collins Stewart
Appeared in the Evening Standard on 20 March 2006

The Lowdown - He's back, with the greatest disrespect
By Jason Nisse. Independent on Sunday, 26 January 2003

Collins Stewart to float with £250m tag
By Caroline Merrell, The Times, 25 September 2000

The Rain Makers
Published in the Sunday Business March 1999

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Recent Articles by Terry Smith

Keep a lid on costs to protect your investment
By Terry Smith, Financial Times, 26 April 2013

Too many stocks spoil the portfolio
By Terry Smith, Financial Times, 12 April 2013

Never invest just to avoid tax
By Terry Smith, Financial Times, 28 March 2013

Sorting the wheat from the chaff
By Terry Smith, Financial Times, 15 March 2013

The EU is a ball and chain – we should unshackle ourselves
By Terry Smith, The Guardian, 01 March 2013

Market timing: don’t try this at home
By Terry Smith, Financial Times, 01 March 2013

Ten golden rules of investment
By Terry Smith, Financial Times, 15 February 2013

Return-free risk - why boring is best
By Terry Smith, Financial Times, 18 January 2013

'It's time to STOP talking about growth': City grandee Terry Smith says the Chancellor should look to Estonia
By Terry Smith, Daily Mail, 03 December 2012

Lessons of the great Wall Street Crash
By Terry Smith, The Independent, 24 October 2012

Why don't politicians get it? House prices need to fall
By Terry Smith, The Daily Mail, 4 October 2012

Raiding pension funds to prop up house prices is mad
By Terry Smith, The Times, 26 September 2012

Traders are the ruin of retail banking
By Terry Smith, The Guardian, 1 July 2012 

Cut taxes, cut spending. That's the only way
By Terry Smith, The Times, 12 June 2012 

All Britain is isolated from is a looming eurozone disaster
By Terry Smith, The Sunday Telegraph, 11 December 2011

The great contender - how Smokin' Joe Frazier defined an era
By Terry Smith, The Financial Times, 12 November 2011

Deeper cuts: the only way out of this storm
By Terry Smith, The Times, 11 August 2011

The battle I warned was bound to come
By Terry Smith, Mail on Sunday, 08 August 2011

News Corp: A family business
By Terry Smith, The Guardian, 19 July 2011

Poor and confused outlook continues for retail investors
By Terry Smith, The Financial Times, 27 November 2010

The Chancellor should consider Churchill's wise words on taxation
By Terry Smith, Daily Telegraph, 19 October 2010

The best advice for someone smelly
By Terry Smith, the Financial Times, 14 June 2010

Volcker Rule is necessary to prevent bank failures turning into a crisis
By Terry Smith, The Sunday Telegraph, 24 January 2010

Britain wasn't alone in her Finest Hour - we must remember the Commonwealth
By Terry Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 30 October 2009

Give bonuses for long-term performance not for taking short-term risks
By Terry Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 16 August 2009

Facts belie the diagnosis on credit derivatives
By Terry Smith, The Financial Times, 26 April 2009

Too much stimulus could spell disaster for Dr Darling’s ailing patient
By Terry Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 20 April 2009

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