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But what happens when the kingpin of big data and clever, tailored marketing to each of its consumers decides to take on financial services? The potential for Amazon to become a shop front for life insurance brokers or wealth managers has become clear in recent years. But while the regulatory niceties will need to be worked out, what do we make of the model that Amazon can offer in becoming a...

In this episode of the FTAdviser In Focus podcast we assess the Retail Distribution Review 10 years on. The RDR was implemented on 31.12. 2012, introducing a raft of measures to make the advice market more transparent and professional, in order to inspire consumer confidence and trust. But while professionalism has increased there have also been a fair few scandals. Square Mile's Scott Dakers and...

The Chartered Insurance Institute's decision to appoint a majority of directors to the Personal Finance Society's board has triggered a chain of events which has led to resignations from the PFS and anger among its members. But the events of the past few weeks have, in many ways, been the result of a chain of events going back several years. This week, FTAdviser's deputy editor Damian Fantato is j...

Last year was eventful, to say the least, with the Ukraine war, the collapse of multiple UK governments, the "mini" Budget and the death of Queen Elizabeth. Will 2023 be just as eventful? In the first episode of the year, FTAdviser deputy editor Damian Fantato is joined by reporters Sally Hickey, Jane Matthews, Sonia Rach and Ruby Hinchliffe to find out. They discuss what the coming year might hol...

The buy-to-let sector has been facing years of tax changes and reforms which, according to some, have made the sector increasingly unattractive. In this week's episode of the FTAdviser podcast, reporter Jane Matthews catches up with Adele Forbes, managing director of West Yorkshire Money and Paul Holland, managing director of Henchurch Lane Financial Services to discuss the impact of this year's t...

In 2022 annuity rates have climbed by 40-50 per cent - which is a 14-year high- with these rates boosted by soaring long-term gilt yields. And in late September and early October there were some particularly sharp increases.- in part, be attributed to financial markets having less confidence in the government, following the “mini” Budget. Amy Austin, news editor at FTAdviser speaks to Mark Ormston...

The war in Ukraine, inflation and slowing global growth have sparked uncertainty over the global economy. More than ever, investors will need to understand the drivers that will influence markets over the coming year. Listen to this podcast with John Mullins, PIMCO product strategist, to gain insight on the outlook for 2023 and how to approach specific asset classes. This content was paid for by P...

On this episode of the FTAdviser In Focus podcast we take a look at the state of the adviser market 10 years after the Retail Distribution Review. RDR saw many advisers leave the industry, and while the industry as a whole has become markedly more professional since, there are still not enough people entering to replace those about to leave. Discussing the threat of a capacity crunch are Rachael F...

In the latest FTAdviser podcast, reporter Ruby Hinchliffe speaks to David Ferguson, chief executive at white-label platform provider Seccl and founder of the Nucleus platform. He talks about platform pricing and the technology challenges facing platforms. The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the indu...

London mayor Sadiq Khan wants more power and financing for cities so they can deal with and find solutions to climate change. Cities, after all, are responsible for over two thirds of emissions and local administrations, says Khan, are seen as the “doers”, while national governments are the “delayers”. He thinks that mayors should be part of the UN climate conference negotiations. In fact, COP27,...

Last week's Autumn Statement saw a whole host of tax thresholds either frozen or cut as chancellor Jeremy Hunt attempted to plug a fiscal black hole of about £55bn - but the triple lock was maintained, leading to the state pension's biggest ever increase. FTAdviser deputy editor Damian Fantato is joined by Laura Suter, head of personal finance at AJ Bell, Tim Morris, independent financial adviser...

Jeremy Hunt announced a raft of tax measures and spending cuts in his first Autumn Statement. This CPD podcast explores what the new government's Autumn Statement will mean for property sales, mortgage rates, and the advisers helping their clients secure a deal. It features mortgage advisers Aaron Forster, director at Create Finance, Riz Malik, director at R3 Mortgages, and Sofia Jones, managing d...

It has been said there is no perfect inflation-proofing when it comes to portfolios, but what sort of measures can advisers and their clients take to help make sure the end goals can still be met despite all this certain uncertainty? Moreover, multi-asset managers have long extolled the virtues of diversification across geographies, asset classes and style exposures, but what sort of strategies ca...

In this special edition of the FTAdviser Podcast, sponsored by Artemis, contributing editor David Thorpe is joined by Stephen Snowden, head of fixed income at Artemis, and Darius McDermott, investment adviser to the Chelsea range of multi-manager funds. They discuss the effects of quantitative tightening, the role of government bonds amid volatility and the outlook for inflation. They also discuss...

The Bank of England has recently increased interest rates to 3 per cent, taking them to their highest level since 2008 in a bid to tame inflation. But how high will rates end up going? This week David Thorpe, FTAdviser's contributing editor, is joined by Gavyn Davies, chairman at Fulcrum Asset Management and a former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, Stephen Bell, chief economist at Columbia Threa...

One of the talking points of 2022 was whether the rotation away from growth stocks and towards value stocks was finally taking place. In this special edition of the FTAdviser podcast, sponsored by Vanguard, FTAdviser contributing editor David Thorpe is joined by Andrew Surrey, senior national development manager at Vanguard, and Charlie Parker, managing director at Albemarle Street Partners, to di...

Silvia and Alison Taylor of NYU Stern School of Business look into the language of sustainability and find it still has a pretty loose grammar and highly convoluted syntax. Most native speakers do not even agree on a common interpretation of environmental, social and governance factors. The good news is: more of us are trying to learn this language. And Alison shares a few tips on how she teaches...

How can we make sense of the mortgage market right now? With a 0.9 percentage point decrease in house prices month on month, according to the latest Nationwide Price index, it might have seemed house prices are becoming more affordable. Yet with bank base rate rises still on the table, and the cost of living crisis still hurting consumers, affordability is still very much an issue. Is it good news...

In this week’s edition of the FTAdviser podcast, senior reporter Ruby Hinchliffe talks to Robert Sinclair, chief executive at the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, and Kate Davies, executive director at the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association about the impact of a 47-page report which exposed the mistreatment of women, people of colour and gay people by those employed across the mortga...

The current political and financial climate has made fixed income markets volatile and uncertain around the world. However, taking an active approach may help build resilience to potential headwinds while gaining greater exposure to the opportunities that arise. Listen to this podcast to gain insight from Gordon Harding, PIMCO fixed income strategist, on the current climate and what to potentially...

In this episode, news editor Amy Austin has a chat with Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell and Kate Smith, head of pensions at Aegon They talk about how successful auto-enrolment has been as a policy as it reaches it's ten-year anniversary but how the industry cannot stop here and should continue to fight for reforms to be put in place. For example, raising the minimum contribution le...

Confused about sustainability? You’re not alone. Environmental, social and governance factors, or ESG, are increasingly a headache for business, finance and world leaders alike. Now even policymakers are creating rules to govern this space. It’s hard to keep up and make sense of it all. So let us help you by sharing some of the most interesting views shaping this space. Join your host, Silvia Pavo...

In this episode, senior reporter Ruby Hinchliffe sits down with the founder and co-founder of Money Means, Helena Wardle and Chanelle Pattinson. They talk about how financial planners can engage with the younger generation, an audience barely explored by the sector and which still doesn't understand the value of financial advice. Largely because the industry hasn't cracked how to explain it to the...

The latest edition of the FTAdviser podcast examines the energy security dilemma. There has been an accelerated push to transition to renewable energy since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which has made the drive towards energy independence a priority for many governments. Soaring energy prices has also made the need to shift towards solar, wind and hydrogen power generation even more urgent....

The latest edition of the FTAdviser podcast examines the prospects for clients that have income as a priority, in a world of higher inflation. After a decade where most assets yielded very little, presenting a very particular challenge for income portfolio managers, 2022 has seen yields rise, but the capital values of many assets fall sharply, while inflation erodes the real value of the income ge...