

FTAdviser Podcast
FTAdviser
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 25, 2025 • 26min
FCA mortgage review: desires, predictions and cautions
On this episode of the FT Adviser podcast senior reporter Tom Dunstan chats to AMI head of policy Stacy Penn and St James’s Place divisional director of third party products & services, Tony Mudd, about the FCA's mortgage review, what they would like to see, what they predict will happen, and what they don't want to come out of the review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 18, 2025 • 22min
Why the profession needs to shout about apprenticeships
In this episode FT Adviser's news editor Amy Austin discusses what has changed about adviser apprenticeships and why the industry needs to be more proactive in promoting them with Tom Hegarty, chair of the New Talent Alliance, and Rachael Fennessey, founder of recruitment agency Aspire Executive Search. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 11, 2025 • 20min
In the context of AI, accountability is a question mark
What happens when the benefits of AI meet questions of accountability and agency? Joining Margin Notes in this episode is Sarah de Lagarde, brighter future strategist for Janus Henderson, who has described herself as a “bionic woman”, and is using her voice to encourage companies to think more creatively about ways to innovate and design products and services that make things easier for everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 3, 2025 • 28min
Inside the advice business sales process
Not all advice business sales are equal and many require meticulous planning to achieve the desired result but when the right decisions are made, the outcome can be very satisfying. In this episode of the FT Adviser Better Business podcast Broadway Financial Planning's Keri Carter shares her M&A journey and what she has learned along the way Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 27, 2025 • 22min
How is private equity consolidation changing in the advice market?
In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast Amy Austin looks at the evolving landscape of private equity consolidation in the financial advice industry. She chats to independent strategic adviser Tony Spain and CEO of Woven Advice Nicky Sevel, who tell her PE firms are now more focused on adding value through efficiency and vertical integration due to the rising valuations and interest rates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 20, 2025 • 21min
Why there's a 'huge disconnect' when teaching about wealth
During our teenage years, core beliefs are developed and nurtured - beliefs about ourselves and ways of understanding the world; ways of navigating the transition into adulthood and the development of resilience. And amidst all this are fundamental concepts about financial aptitude: saving, spending, long-term planning. But how much are young people being included in conversations about wealth and attitudes to money? How can you help your clients open and maintain effective lines of communication with teenagers about this often under-discussed subject? On this episode of the FT Adviser Editor's Podcast, special guest Jessica McGawley, founder of Dallington - a service that helps young people and their families build stronger foundations for the future - talks to editor Simoney Kyriakou. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 13, 2025 • 21min
'If regulation is stopping women from becoming financial advisers, why?'
From zoological research to heading up financial planning business Hannay Wealth, Vanessa Barnes’ career path into professional financial services is not a traditional one. She talks to editor Simoney Kyriakou on the FT Adviser Editor's Podcast about her new role as chairperson of the Women’s Wealth Alliance and why the Alliance has just launched a wide-ranging survey of the profession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 12, 2025 • 31min
Why Cedaw is vital for UK pensions fairness
"There is so much that can be done constructively through the law," according to Dr Jocelynne Scutt. The Australian-born barrister, writer and human rights lawyer speaks to the FT Adviser Editor's Podcast about her formative years learning about women's rights and how her legal work led her to help Britain's 50s-born women in their struggle for pensions fairness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 6, 2025 • 25min
The power of empathy in advising
On this episode of the FT Adviser editor's podcast Simoney Kyriakou speaks with corporate activist Belinda Parmar OBE about empathy in advice and why too many advisers mistake sympathy for empathy.The episode qualifies for 30 minutes of CPD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 2025 • 18min
Have mortgage rates bottomed out?
In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast senior reporter Tom Dunstan speaks with St James’s Place head of economic research, Hetal Mehta, and Ash Ridge independent mortgage and equity release adviser, Jane King, about the latest developments in the mortgage market and their expectations on future interest rates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.