
FTAdviser Podcast
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.
Latest episodes

Nov 16, 2022 • 21min
Bond investing during higher inflation
In this special edition of the FTAdviser Podcast, sponsored by Artemis, contributing editor David Thorpe is joined by Stephen Snowden, head of fixed income at Artemis, and Darius McDermott, investment adviser to the Chelsea range of multi-manager funds.They discuss the effects of quantitative tightening, the role of government bonds amid volatility and the outlook for inflation.They also discuss the importance of taking some risk to earn some yield, such as duration risk or interest rate risk.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 11, 2022 • 37min
How high will the Bank of England take rates?
The Bank of England has recently increased interest rates to 3 per cent, taking them to their highest level since 2008 in a bid to tame inflation. But how high will rates end up going?This week David Thorpe, FTAdviser's contributing editor, is joined by Gavyn Davies, chairman at Fulcrum Asset Management and a former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, Stephen Bell, chief economist at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, and Ed Smith, chief investment officer at Rathbones, to find out.They also discuss the impact of fiscal policy, with a potential return to austerity, and the impact of the labour market on UK inflation.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 9, 2022 • 25min
Finding Alpha in global equities
One of the talking points of 2022 was whether the rotation away from growth stocks and towards value stocks was finally taking place.In this special edition of the FTAdviser podcast, sponsored by Vanguard, FTAdviser contributing editor David Thorpe is joined by Andrew Surrey, senior national development manager at Vanguard, and Charlie Parker, managing director at Albemarle Street Partners, to discuss the thorny issue of trying to time rotations in equity markets.This podcast is part of our Vantage Point Investing for Alpha series, and is sponsored by Vanguard. The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 8, 2022 • 16min
Sustainable Views: How to speak ‘ESG’
Silvia and Alison Taylor of NYU Stern School of Business look into the language of sustainability and find it still has a pretty loose grammar and highly convoluted syntax. Most native speakers do not even agree on a common interpretation of environmental, social and governance factors. The good news is: more of us are trying to learn this language. And Alison shares a few tips on how she teaches it too. In the show, Alison mentions a piece she’s written for Sustainable Views. You can find it here https://www.sustainableviews.com/incentivising-esg-what-does-it-really-take/To read more of our articles on ESG policy and regulation, you can register for a free trial here https://survey.ft.com/jfe/form/SV_9RGu5ktcIREwMLA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 7, 2022 • 28min
How do we make sense of the mortgage market?
How can we make sense of the mortgage market right now? With a 0.9 percentage point decrease in house prices month on month, according to the latest Nationwide Price index, it might have seemed house prices are becoming more affordable. Yet with bank base rate rises still on the table, and the cost of living crisis still hurting consumers, affordability is still very much an issue. Is it good news or bad news for consumers? Or the veritable curate’s egg? This FTAdviser In Focus podcast, seeks to understand why the mortgage market is seeing such weekly see-saws in sentiment and pricing. Joining this podcasts are guests Jane King, independent mortgage adviser at Ash-Ridge; Lewis Shaw, independent mortgage adviser at Riverside Mortgages; and Rob Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 4, 2022 • 27min
Booze and drug-fuelled mortgage industry events ‘happening too often’
In this week’s edition of the FTAdviser podcast, senior reporter Ruby Hinchliffe talks to Robert Sinclair, chief executive at the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, and Kate Davies, executive director at the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association about the impact of a 47-page report which exposed the mistreatment of women, people of colour and gay people by those employed across the mortgage industry.They discuss how mortgage industry events laced with alcohol and illegal substances are still happening too often, which is one of the reasons why women have fallen victim to sexist behaviour.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 3, 2022 • 8min
Exploring Fixed Income Opportunities In Uncertain and Volatile Times
The current political and financial climate has made fixed income markets volatile and uncertain around the world. However, taking an active approach may help build resilience to potential headwinds while gaining greater exposure to the opportunities that arise.Listen to this podcast to gain insight from Gordon Harding, PIMCO fixed income strategist, on the current climate and what to potentially expect in the coming months.This content was paid for by PIMCO and produced in partnership with the Financial Times Commercial departmentFor professional use onlyThe services and products described in this communication are only available to professional clients as defined in the Financial Conduct Authority's Handbook. This communication is not a public offer and individual investors should not rely on this document. Opinion and estimates offered constitute our judgment and are subject to change without notice, as are statements of financial market trends, which are based on current market conditions. We believe the information provided here is reliable, but do not warrant its accuracy or completeness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 28, 2022 • 21min
Auto-enrolment: It’s not time to say ‘job done’ just yet
In this episode, news editor Amy Austin has a chat with Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell and Kate Smith, head of pensions at AegonThey talk about how successful auto-enrolment has been as a policy as it reaches it's ten-year anniversary but how the industry cannot stop here and should continue to fight for reforms to be put in place. For example, raising the minimum contribution levels, lowering the age threshold and trying to find a way to bring self-employed into auto-enrolment.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 24, 2022 • 3min
Trailer: Sustainable Views, the podcast
Confused about sustainability? You’re not alone. Environmental, social and governance factors, or ESG, are increasingly a headache for business, finance and world leaders alike. Now even policymakers are creating rules to govern this space. It’s hard to keep up and make sense of it all. So let us help you by sharing some of the most interesting views shaping this space. Join your host, Silvia Pavoni, as she talks to the people living and breathing sustainability – and a few critics too. (We can’t promise this will be a completely jargon-free space, but we shall try!)Want to talk to us directly? Email sustainable.views@ft.com. Want to find out more about Sustainable Views? Visit www.sustainableviews.com, and to subscribe to the podcast just search Sustainable Views in your usual podcast provider.Sustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 21, 2022 • 30min
‘Young people don’t know advisers care because we don’t tell them’
In this episode, senior reporter Ruby Hinchliffe sits down with the founder and co-founder of Money Means, Helena Wardle and Chanelle Pattinson. They talk about how financial planners can engage with the younger generation, an audience barely explored by the sector and which still doesn't understand the value of financial advice. Largely because the industry hasn't cracked how to explain it to them.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.