FTAdviser Podcast

Dec 06 2024 402 ep. 26 mins 41

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FTAdviser is the Financial Times’ specialist title dedicated to the UK financial advice profession. Each week one of our reporters will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss issues such how the latest regulatory developments will impact advice firms, how advised clients will be affected by the latest developments in pensions, investing, mortgages and tax, and how the financial advice profession will develop and grow. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues.
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Living with Parkinson’s disease

Dec 06 2024 31 mins

In this edition of the editor’s podcast, which qualifies for 30 minutes of CPD, Simoney Kyriakou speaks to Gary Shaughnessy, former chief executive of Zurich’s European Business, about the challenges and myths around Parkinson’s disease.Shaughnessy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2015 and has since been a voracious campaigner for Parkinson’s UK, earning a CBE for his wo

There are so many different issues that sit under the term 'service'

Nov 28 2024 33 mins

Financial services companies are an extremely mixed bunch when it comes to service. Provider service levels have been exceptionally high for some, and abysmal for others, across all sectors: platforms, pensions, investments, mortgages and everything in between. Here to join us to discuss all things service is Steve Nelson, insight director for the Lang Cat consultancy, which has ju

Tech, tariffs, and Trump: the future of US equities

Nov 27 2024 36 mins

The latest FT Adviser podcast, hosted by Ima Jackson-Obot, deputy features editor, delves into the future of US equities as Donald Trump's administration prepares to take office. Joined by Kevin Boscher, managing director – Jersey and chief operating officer of Ravenscroft, and Blair Couper, investment director at Abrdn, the discussion explores market reactions, policy impacts, a

What has been getting under advisers' skin this year?

Nov 22 2024 31 mins

One of the places advisers and brokers love to discuss the big issues that are affecting them and their clients is on the Cherry Forum. Joining FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou on the latest Editor's Podcast, Silas Lees, founder of WiggyWam and sales director for the Cherry Forum, talks about service, technology and mental health: three huge topics advisers have been discussing o

How Labour's Budget has changed financial planning

Nov 15 2024 26 mins

It's been two weeks since Rachel Reeves's first Budget as Chancellor and already financial advisers are adapting their strategies. Carmen Reichman speaks to advisers Ollie Saiman, lain McLeod and lan Cook about how they are responding to Labour's many tax changes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the FCA’s consolidation review mean for advisers?

Nov 08 2024 26 mins

The Financial Conduct Authority is reviewing consolidation in the financial advice market and has sent a portfolio letter to advisers. But what could the consolidation review entail, when will we see the outcomes of the FCA's ongoing advice review, and how can the FCA work better with advisers in these areas?Amy Austin, news editor at FT Adviser, discusses the regulator's latest pu

The Budget's effect on business and savers

Nov 01 2024 22 mins

Labour's first Budget in 14 years was “long” and “targeted”, according to this week's guests Caroline Le Jeune, private client tax partner at RSM UK, and Claire Trott, divisional director for retirement and holistic planning at SJP. They discuss the impact the budget would have on people's finances and why the government might have failed to consider 'behavioural change'. H

Should you own a specialist tech fund?

Oct 25 2024 23 mins

The latest edition of the FT Adviser podcast explores the case for investing in technology stocks right now, and whether the best way to do this is via a dedicated technology fund.Joining FT Adviser senior investment editor David Thorpe to discuss the topic are Mark Hawtin, who runs the Liontrust Global Alpha fund, Fahad Hassan, chief investment officer at Albemarle Street Partners

Small asset managers need level regulatory playing field

Oct 18 2024 29 mins

The operating environment for smaller asset managers is challenging, in particular when it comes to regulation.In this edition of the FT Adviser editor's podcast Simoney Kyriakou speaks to Dani Hristova, CEO of the Independent Investment Management Initiative, about the importance of boutique investment firms and what needs to happen for them to have a level playing

What business leaders can learn from sports psychology

Oct 16 2024 19 mins

From lessons in team management to strategies for overcoming adversity, an awareness of sports psychology can be beneficial when running an advice business, says behavioural scientist Mark Pittaccio. In this episode of the FT Adviser better business podcast he explains what advisers can learn from the field of sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.