Informed Choice Radio Personal Finance Podcast

This week in episode 26 of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin talks about the worrying lack of female fund managers, why your genes cause you to make bad financial decisions and why he doesn't wear a suit and tie to client meetings.

This week in episode 25 of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin chats to Michelle Hoskin, founder of Standards International, about what it means to be a Wow! Financial Adviser. As founder of Standards International, Michelle is best known in the world of financial services for the concept of Wow! Martin talks to Michelle about the areas where Wow! can be applied by financial advisers, how the Financial Planning profession differs overseas and what people looking for an adviser should consider. Subscribe now to the Informed Choice Podcast at www.icfp.co.uk/itunes to automatically download a new free episode every week on Friday. If you enjoy listening to the Informed Choice Podcast, please take a minute to leave us a rating and review on iTunes.

This week in episode 24 of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin interviews author and financial educator Paul Claireaux.       Paul's first book, "Who can you trust about money?" offers an explanation of how financial experts can mislead us and also how we can mislead ourselves when it comes to money.       Martin chats to Paul about his new financial freedom workshops which are aimed at younger people. They also talk about books, with Paul suggesting a comprehensive reading list for addressing the financial and non-financial aspects of money, life and happiness.       If you listen to this podcast, please take one minute to leave an honest review on iTunes.       Reviews from listeners are so important to help others find the podcast, and we also really want your feedback so we know which elements of the show you enjoy and what we can improve. To leave a review, simply visit www.icfp.co.uk/itunes.       Martin will read out reviews at the end of each future episode, so please make sure you leave a note of your real name, so you get a mention.     If you have a personal finance or investment question you would like Martin to answer on the podcast, you can leave a voicemail for the show by following the link at icfp.co.uk/podcast. We’ll answer your question in a future episode and send you a gift to say thank you for taking part.

This week in episode 23 of the Informed Choice Podcast, we talk about election results, forgotten subscriptions and bond bubbles.     Martin starts the podcast this week by talking about his filming weekend with the GB TREC Team and the election results last week.     New research has found that people in Britain are wasting £338 million each month in unused subscription fees. Are you one of them and what steps can you take to avoid wasting money through forgotten subscriptions?     Another big finance story this week was the news that China has cut interest rates. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) at the weekend delivered another cut to the benchmark lending and deposit rates. Both the lending and deposit rates were cut by 25 basis points, or 0.25 per cent, taking the lending rate to 5.1% and the deposit rate to 2.25%.     What does this mean for the Chinese economy and investment markets?     Martin looks at an excellent article by Duncan Weldon, BBC Newsnight economics correspondent, which explains the reasons for the sovereign bond bubble bursting. Is your investment portfolio positioned correctly?     If you listen to this podcast, please take one minute to leave an honest review on iTunes.     Reviews from listeners are so important to help others find the podcast, and we also really want your feedback so we know which elements of the show you enjoy and what we can improve. To leave a review, simply visit www.icfp.co.uk/itunes.     Martin will read out reviews at the end of each future episode, so please make sure you leave a note of your real name, so you get a mention.   If you have a personal finance or investment question you would like Martin to answer on the podcast, you can leave a voicemail for the show by following the link at icfp.co.uk/podcast. We’ll answer your question in a future episode and send you a gift to say thank you for taking part.

In the Informed Choice Podcast this week, Martin interviews Angela Brooks of Pension Life about pension liberation scams. With significant financial and human costs involved, what is pension liberation, how to the scammers target their victims and what steps can you take to keep your pension pot safe? We also hear from Justin King of MFP Wealth Management to get some practical tips on keeping your money safe. Martin asks whether financial advice should be compulsory at retirement, and explains why he is spending this weekend behind the camera lens with Team GB to produce a short documentary. To get all of the show notes from this episode of the Informed Choice Podcast, visit www.icfp.co.uk/episode22. Please take a minute to leave a rating and review for the podcast at www.icfp.co.uk/itunes. Your support is appreciated.

This week in episode 21 of the Informed Choice Podcast, it’s a General Election 2015 special! With less than a week to go before Britain decides who should govern the country, Martin speaks to Nick Peters, Co-Manager of the Fidelity Multi Asset Income Fund to get his thoughts on what this election is likely to mean for investment markets. He also interviews Dee Searle, a client of Informed Choice who you might remember from episode 17 of the podcast. Dee is standing as parliamentary candidate for the Green Party in Tottenham. Martin spoke to Dee earlier in the week to find out how her campaign is going, what she thinks her chances are of becoming an MP next week and whether she would do it all over again. There’s also some pre-election thoughts from Financial Planners Chris Budd from Ovation Finance in Bristol and Chris Daems from Cervello Financial Planning in London and Essex.

This week in episode 20 of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin answers five personal finance questions from the Unbiased.co.uk MoneyFit Week campaign. He asks whether you would invest in a property scheme offering 50% annual returns. And he explains why the record pre-tax losses announced by Tesco this week are important for all investors. If you have a personal finance or investing question you would like Martin to answer in a future episode of the Informed Choice Podcast, you can record a short voicemail message at www.icfp.co.uk/podcast. Alternatively, you can send your questions to Martin at martin@icfp.co.uk or get in touch with him on Twitter @martinbamford.

In episode 19 of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin answers a listener question about what sounds like a very dodgy investment scam being offered to her dad. Why do sexy men make average looking men take greater risks with their money? There's now over 157,000 Certified Financial Planner professionals globally, a cause for celebration. Martin explains why Japan has joined UK in the Noflation Club. For links to everything discussed in this episode of the Informed Choice Podcast, please check out the show notes at www.icfp.co.uk/episode19.

In the latest episode of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin talks to independent pensions consultant Rachel Vahey about the new pension freedoms introduced this week; who will be the winners and losers from these reforms? He also discusses why there has been a sudden fall in life expectancy for female pensioners and why Abenomics might finally be working in Japan.

This week in episode seventeen of the Informed Choice Podcast, Martin interviews Certified Financial Planner and financial sketch artist Carl Richards about the publication of his new book, The One Page Financial Plan. Listen to the episode for a chance to win a copy of the book. There's also a short interview with one of our clients, Dee Searle, who is hoping to become Tottenham's first Green Party MP. To find out more about the Informed Choice Podcast, please visit www.icfp.co.uk/podcast.