Shares of what?

[zengineer]

A lot of press verbiage over the last couple of years has been on how bankers are overpaid. Of course it is not just bankers I have also read stories about company bosses, sports stars, BBC executives and even civil servants. There has also been a lot of analysis of the reasons behind it. Partly it is the rise of the cult of the individual - the

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[zengineer]

I sat in at the Nissan and the Oxford University pension fund presentations and it was fairly clear that in order to spread risk they hold a very small percentage of any given company's shares and thus cannot generally control board appointments or remuneration.

[zengineer]

I wasn't suggesting a government solution, I can't see much they can do. We are the market and I was really asking if anyone had any suggestions where our feet should go.

[celestialweasel]

You have to do something with it though.

[jackfirecat]

wish I knew what

[zengineer]

- Fixed interest (deadly dull)
- House (a lot of hassle but it's probably worth having one, don't think I'd want more than one)
- Shiny shiny gold

Any other ideas?

[undyingking]

I shall address this problem when we've finished paying for the house we're living in. Until then it remains a purely theoretical issue. But in theory, I will be for dull old fixed-interest every time, or even NS&I. I am temperamentally and politically averse to letting my saved money risk itself in making extra money.