FT Adviser

With National Apprenticeship Week fast approaching, multimedia editor Carmen Reichman chats to Sally Plant, relationship director at LIBF, about how apprenticeships can work for advice businesses, how they differ from more traditional routes into advice and why, despite their many benefits, they are not suitable for everyone. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a r...

The Advice Guidance Boundary Review is a response to a growing concern that most consumers in the UK are not getting the financial help they need, but whether or not there is demand for simplified advice in particular is still unclear. On this episode of the FT Adviser podcast deputy news editor Sonia Rach speaks to Clive Gordon, consumer investments practice lead at Sicsic Advisory and Edward Gra...

On this episode of the FT Adviser podcast news editor Amy Austin chats with Seán Standerwick, director at MLP Wealth, and Toby Bentley, director at Bentley Wealth Partners, about their expectations for the year ahead and how culture in advice businesses has already shifted. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments , pensions...

When it comes to bereavement, how well equipped are we personally to manage our own grief, let alone truly comfort those who are bereaved? And what happens to companies when they fail to deliver the right support and show empathy to clients who call up at their darkest hour? On this episode of the Margin Notes podcast, which qualifies for CPD, Simoney Kyriakou editor of FT Adviser, speaks wit...

On this edition of the FT Adviser podcast, senior investment editor David Thorpe discusses the outlook for equities in 2026 with Fahad Kamal, chief investment officer at Coutts, James Burns, who runs the managed portfolio service at Evelyn Partners, and Martin Connaghan, who runs the Murray International investment trust. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range...

FT Adviser's senior investment editor David Thorpe discusses the outlook for UK inflation and interest rates in 2026 with Bryn Jones, head of fixed income at Rathbones, Dean Cook, multi-asset investor at Aviva Investors, and Peder Beck-Friis, senior economist and vice-president at Pimco. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments ,...

Sunil Krishnan, head of multi-asset at Aviva Investors, and Stuart Clark, portfolio manager at Quilter WealthSelect, discuss the outlook for multi-asset investing in 2026, inflation risks, drawdown portfolios and managing volatility with FT Adviser's deputy features editor Ima Jackson-Obot. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments...

In this final episode of the FT Adviser Margin Notes podcast of 2025, FT Adviser's editor Simoney Kyriakou chats with news editor Amy Austin and deputy features editor Ima Jackson-Obot about the stories that made the headlines and those that deserved deeper digging over the course of the year. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investme...

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast, senior features reporter Chloe Cheung chats to Mark Spiers, managing partner at Ocorian, and Donald Reid, co-founder of Solve Partners, about the Financial Conduct Authority’s findings in its latest consolidation review, where culture was high up on the agenda. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, coverin...

There is a widespread belief that there will no longer be a state pension in the future, which has emerged among young people. This is one of the beliefs that Young Money blog founder Iona Bain has noticed developing among generation Z and millennials, as she tells FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering i...

In this special Budget edition of the FT Adviser podcast news editor Amy Austin chats to Claire Trott, head of advice at SJP, Andrew Tully, technical services director at Nucleus, Eamonn Prendergast, chartered financial planner at Planatir Financial Planning, and Ian Cook, chartered financial planner at Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning, about the likely impact the Chancellor's second Budget will...

Dementia is one of the world's biggest killers, and perhaps one of the biggest thieves, stealing people's loved ones even before they pass away. But progress has been made in diagnosis, treatments and tests, thanks in large part to the work of Alzheimer's Society. On this year's Day for Dementia, part of the Insurance United Against Dementia Campaign (November 27), Dr Richard Oakley of Alzheimer's...

FT Adviser's Amy Austin speaks to Helena Wardle, founder and chief executive at Money Means, Joseph Twigg, chief executive of Aveni and Dickon Johnstone chief executive of Themis about how AI is being deployed and what this means for AI compliance. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments , pensions , regulation and other key issu...

High taxation, stagnant wages and house price inflation are all challenges facing Gen Z, which is why financial education around investing and how wealth is passed down is important. FT Adviser senior editor Simoney Kyriakou speaks to Malvee Vaja, a chartered financial planner working within the Rathbones Advice team, and intern Hereward Mills bout how this is changing advice processes and why mor...

One of the most eye-catching policy proposals made by the Labour party in the run-up to the election was their pledge to build 1.5mn houses by the end of the current parliament to address the housing shortage in the country. In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast Aldermore managing director of property, Ross Dalzell, and Landmark Information Group divisional director of growth, Michael Holden,...

On this week’s episode of the FT Adviser podcast, senior reporter Alina Khan speaks to Alan Lakey, director of Highclere Financial Services, and Derek Bradley, chief executive of Panacea Adviser, about complaints cases they have come across over the years and why they underpin a real need for a Fos longstop. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, co...

On the latest edition of the FT Adviser podcast, senior investment editor David Thorpe chats to F&C investment trust manager Paul Niven, Arbuthnot Latham head of investment research Peter Doherty and Ashoka White Oak emerging markets investment adviser Loong Lim about the prospects for the emerging markets asset class after a strong year of performance in 2025. The FTAdviser Podcast is designe...

On the latest episode of the FT Adviser podcast senior reporter Tara O'Connor chats to Wealth Club's head of investment research, Jonathan Moyes, about investors' growing interest in private markets and why he is “nervous” about the use of investment trusts as a means of accessing the market.  The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering inv...

The guests on the latest edition of the FT Adviser podcast agree that while duration will always be a very significant arbiter of returns, it is perhaps not quite to the same extent as has been in the recent past. George Fox from the Merlin multi-manager team at Jupiter, Mohammed Kazmi, fixed income strategist at UPB UK, and Ryan Myerberg, fixed income fund manager at Brown Advisory, discuss the y...

Can climate justice in the UK be helped by a more efficient tax system? FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou is joined by David Macdonald, founder of impact-only investment company Path Financial on the latest Margin Notes podcast. In addition to being a financial adviser, he’s a strong advocate of the need for tax reform in the UK. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers o...

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast deputy news editor Sonia Rach speaks to Colin Morris, investment manager at Parmenion and Daniel Parkinson, founder of The Bitcoin IFA, to discuss the FCA's recent changes to retail consumer access to crypto exchange traded notes, what this means for safeguarding and how the UK aligns with other European financial centres. The FTAdviser Podcast i...

The most significant aspect to think about when investing in private markets is the length of time a client is able to hold the asset, according to Joan Solotar, global head of Blackstone Private Wealth. Speaking with features editor Melanie Tringham, Solotar outlines her views on private markets and how retail investors should think about them, looking at time spent holding assets, how they perfo...

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast Unum CEO Mark Till joins senior reporter Tom Dunstan to discuss employee benefits, how they have changed over recent years, and what could happen to them in the future. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments , pensions , regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Mortgage brokers and advisers have a “hugely important” role to play in helping more Britons on to the housing ladder, the FCA has said. Speaking on the latest FT Adviser Margin Notes videocast, David Geale, the FCA’s permanent executive director for payments and digital finance, explained the reasons the regulator is looking at the future of  mortgage lending  in the UK. Geale also disc...

This week news editor Amy Austin speaks to Justine Pattullo, chair of Flag and representative of Pension Lab and Nick Green, strategy and proposition director at Criterion, about Letters of Authorities and what can be done to improve this process. They looked at why the process is fraught with problems and why everyone will need to work together to see any real change. The FTAdviser Podcast i...