Linus Uhlig

Linus Uhlig is a money reporter at the Telegraph who links big financial systems with the concrete decisions of households, entrepreneurs and investors. His coverage stands out for combining policy detail, hard numbers and expert voices to show how rules and markets translate into real-world financial outcomes. He writes across consumer and professional audiences, moving easily between personal money dilemmas and the mechanics of investment and macroeconomic policy.

Tax policy, compliance and the very wealthy

Much of Uhlig’s recent work follows how tax rules and enforcement shape behaviour at the top end of the wealth spectrum. He has reported on HMRC’s decision to assign dedicated tax compliance managers to billionaires with assets in the UK, explaining how these officials scrutinise relationships with businesses, trusts and global holdings to ensure personal tax responsibilities are met. In that reporting he sets out changes to HMRC’s definition of a billionaire and explores what closer supervision means for ultra‑wealthy individuals and their advisers.

He also examines how new levies change behaviour in property markets, using detailed transaction data rather than generalised commentary. In one piece he shows that a planned mansion tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more has already distorted sales patterns, with completed transactions at exactly £2m falling sharply while deals just below £2m have more than doubled. He describes this “bunching” effect, quantifying how sellers and buyers cluster at £1.99m to avoid the future annual charge and quoting estate agents on the artificial price ceilings emerging at that threshold. Together these articles show a focus on how tax design and enforcement alter incentives, and on the unintended consequences of policies long before they formally take effect.

Personal finance case studies and advice-led features

Alongside policy pieces, Uhlig regularly writes consumer-facing money features that centre on individual stories and then build structured guidance around them. He has profiled a successful entrepreneur who generates seven‑figure revenues but feels unsure about managing business cash flow, investment and retirement planning, using that case to explore broader questions about liquidity buffers, reinvestment and diversification.

In that format he draws on wealth managers and financial planners to give specific benchmarks, such as holding three to six months of fixed operating expenses in liquid cash, stretching to a year in more volatile or concentrated businesses.

His advice‑driven work breaks down how much profit to reinvest in growth, when to seek external funding and how to separate personal investments from business risk so one setback does not jeopardise both. He also sets clear pension targets, explaining why aiming for at least £1m in retirement savings maximises tax advantages and long‑term security for business owners.

In other Telegraph money pieces he follows young adults choosing vocational routes such as apprenticeships instead of university, focusing on how those choices help them avoid large student debt and build earnings sooner. Across these features his hallmark is direct, numerate guidance delivered through relatable characters rather than abstract rules.

Investment industry, markets and macroeconomics

Before joining the Telegraph, Uhlig built a substantial track record covering investments, markets and macroeconomics for the trade press. His previous reporting includes deep dives on catastrophe bonds as portfolio diversifiers amid geopolitical tension, explaining how assets under management in the sector have grown and where the risks sit for institutional investors. He has conducted extended interviews with leaders of major listed vehicles, such as a FTSE 100 warehouse landlord, exploring scale, UK public markets and the impact of large private equity deals on listed real estate strategies.

He has written extensively on investment trusts, documenting activist campaigns, board responses and regulatory scrutiny, including the protracted clash between Saba Capital and UK trusts and the Financial Conduct Authority’s stance on market “rough and tumble” in such sagas. Other articles track specific funds and listed vehicles through periods of stress, such as falling share prices at a social housing‑focused REIT and tender offers designed to resolve shareholder tensions.

On the macro side he has reported on UK unemployment rising to 5% as vacancies hit a five‑year low, and on the IMF upgrading UK growth forecasts from 0.8% to 1%, setting those figures in the context of fiscal plans and market expectations.

His markets coverage also reaches monetary policy, with pieces analysing comments from the Bank of England governor on the timing and scale of interest rate cuts and detailing his role as a swing voter on the Monetary Policy Committee. That body of work shows an ability to interpret complex market and policy signals for a readership that includes both professional investors and financially engaged consumers.

Data-driven, award-winning financial journalism

Across both consumer and professional beats, Uhlig’s reporting is consistently data‑driven. He uses concrete numbers on asset flows, revenue growth, unemployment, property transactions and fund performance to anchor narratives about risk, opportunity and policy impact. In investment pieces he draws on industry research to show, for example, how much of asset management revenue growth comes from market performance rather than new inflows, highlighting the sector’s vulnerability to external shocks.

In personal finance features he translates that same quantitative discipline into practical rules of thumb on cash reserves, reinvestment rates and pension targets.

Professional profiles describe him as a multi award‑winning financial journalist with expertise in investments, markets and macroeconomics, and note that he works across both business‑to‑business and consumer audiences. Taken together, his portfolio shows a reporter who treats money as a system that runs from central banks and tax policy down to small business owners and individual savers, and who consistently explains that system with clear numbers, expert sources and straightforward prose.