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The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Each week, FTAdviser is be joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. With reports estimating that 60 per cent of the nation's wealth will be in the hands of women by 2025, coupled by ongoing issues over gender-related pensions and savings&nbsp...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Each week, FTAdviser will be joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Although sentiment has turned more positive towards UK equities since the general election, a combination of high dividend yields and still low valuations compared to many other...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Tom Selby, senior analyst at AJ Bell, and Krupesh Kotecha, financial planner at Balance Wealth Planning, discuss what impact pension freedoms have had on the industry and consumers five years on, as well as how advisers have benefited from this rule change. Each week, FTAdvis...

Awareness around financial wellbeing has steadily increased over the past few years, and the effect of poor financial health on a person’s overall wellbeing has been well documented. But how can advisers improve their client's financial wellbeing? And what has driven the increased popularity of the concept among advisers over the past few years? The latest FTAdviser podcast sees Chris Budd, founde...

The cost of advice has been a much-discussed topic for a number of years — from the pros and cons of percentage charging to the fee pressures facing advisers. We've also seen some big names enter the industry at a time when the City-watchdog has set its beady eyes on making sure financial services are value for money. The latest FTAdviser podcast sees Alistair Fullerton, director and financial adv...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode, Ben Hammond, platform director at Altus, and Mark Till, managing director for digital solutions at Aegon, discuss the future of the platform industry, as many players struggle for profitability and inflows become harder to attract. Each week, FTAdviser will be joined by a gue...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, and John Hill, a chartered financial planner at Saunderson House, discuss what the Conservative government has in store for pensions over the coming year – from changes to auto-enrolment thresholds and tax relief, to the possibility...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In the first episode of the year, the Personal Finance Society's director of policy Matthew Connell, and chartered financial planner Darren Cooke discuss what advisers can expect in 2020 and the coming decade. Mr Connell said this year might see adviser liabilities addressed, while Mr Cooke dis...

Yesterday, the UK headed to the polls in a momentous election set to decide the course of the country over the next five years. Voters overwhelmingly backed the Conservative party, which is up nearly 50 seats, and its leader Boris Johnson will now govern with a majority of at least 78 MPs in the House of Commons. In the manifesto, the Tories pledged to find a social care solution, tackle pension t...

The policies of quantitative easing and record low interest rates make it very difficult for advisers and clients to understand the risks they are taking when making an investment, according to the guests on the latest FTAdviser podcast.  Bertie Dannatt, investment director at Ruffer said: “The policies that central banks have used to stimulate markets since the financial crisis have definite...

Over the past few years, concerns have been raised that advisers are at risk of missing out on a generational windfall by failing to service the young people likely to inherit their current client’s wealth. The latest FTAdviser Podcast examines how IFAs can tackle to situation and whether it is a pitfall or an opportunity for the sector. Guests Tom Selby, senior analyst at AJ Bell, and Tracy Crook...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode, Michael Pashley, group training and knowledge director at SimplyBiz, and Ian Cornwall, director of regulation at adviser trade body Pimfa, discuss what advisers need to do as next month's deadline for the senior managers and certification regime looms, and what will happen af...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode, investment reporter David Thorpe talks to Simon Edelsten, global equity manager at Artemis, and Wayne Berry, investment manager at Brewin Dolphin, about the outlook for global equities and how to build a global portfolio. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated...

Platforms have made headlines over the past few years as the need for upgrades and differentiation as well as botched replatformings and consolidation in the market have kept platform issues in the spotlight. The latest FTAdviser Podcast examines how the platform space will evolve and whether the future of platforms is customisation.  Guests Mark Polson, principal at consultanc...

In this week's podcast we will be discussing with our guests: Pete Glancy, head of policy, Scottish Widows and Mike Lacey, partner, Bowmans Pension Consulting about the pensions advice allowance, which allows defined contribution pension scheme members to withdraw £500 a year tax-free from their pot, up to three times in their life, to pay for advice. We will also look at what provi...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Ilan Chaitowitz, co-manager of the Nomura Global High Conviction fund, and Minesh Patel, a chartered financial planner at EA Financial Solutions, discuss why the growth style of investing has done so well recently, whether value is set for a comeback and what adviser...

The recent strong correlation between the performance of equities and government bonds is driving investors into alternative assets, according to the guests on this week’s FTAdviser Podcast. Minesh Patel, financial adviser and director of EA Financial Solutions, and Ian Rees, multi-asset fund manager at Premier, have both become more interested in alternative investments in a world where bond yiel...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Ed Smith, head of asset allocation research at Rathbones, and Alan Chan, a chartered financial planner at IFS Wealth and Pensions, discuss environmental, social and governance investing. They discuss whether ESG investing means having to accept lower returns, if it will ever b...

Robo-advisers have come and gone in recent years, creating debate in the industry over their profitability, whether they can be properly regulated and the standard of advice they produce. The latest FTAdviser Podcast examines how technology will improve the market for advice and whether true robo-advice will ever come to fruition. Guests Ben Taylor, chief technical officer at AI platform Rainbird,...

The policies pursued since the financial crisis of record low interest rates and quantitative easing have usurped many of the traditional rules of asset allocation. The latest FTAdviser podcast examines how a multi-asset investor can navigate the new world of asset allocation. Guests David Jane, who runs a range of multi-asset portfolios at Miton, and Gary Waite from Walker Crips discuss the optio...

The  FTAdviser  Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Edwin Schooling Latter, director of markets and wholesale policy at the Financial Conduct Authority, discussed the regulator’s proposal to introduce a contingent charging ban for defined benefit transfers, and other changes that will affect financial advisers work...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Seneca Investment's chief investment officer Peter Elston and FTAdviser's investment reporter, David Thorpe discuss what the inverted yield curve means and whether 'this time it is different'. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topi...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Paul McGlone, president of the Society of Pension Professionals, and Andrew Boyt, pension transfers specialist and freelance consultant, discuss how guaranteed minimum pensions is affecting financial advisers work. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode, Mike Barrett, consulting director at the Lang Cat, and Paul Boston, director of sales at Novia, discuss how the slowdown of defined benefit transfer inflows will affect platforms, who platform profit margins are doing down and whether there is likely to be much innovation in...

The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In the latest episode, Keith Richards, chief executive of the Personal Finance Society, and Brian Boehmer, a partner at Lockton specialising in professional indemnity insurance, discuss how the hardening of the PII market is affecting advisers. They also discuss how advisers can navigate the PII mar...