Investment scams empowered by AI are going to get worse in the years ahead - and no amount of regulation is going to stop 'bad actors' inside finance.

Self-defence in the form of financial literacy is the answer: investors need it, kids in school need it, but the government has put the issue on the back burner. It’s time for a change.

Tracey West, financial education manager at Ecstra, the financial literacy foundation joins Associate Editor - James Kirby in this episode.

In today's episode, we cover:

Scam watch - What investors need to know
Why the First Guardian scandal is a taste of things to come
Should schools make financial literacy mandatory?
How AI 'fakes' will drive a new wave of investment fraud

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