FTAdviser Podcast

Over the past few months inflation has risen higher and higher, now hitting a fresh 40-year high of 9.1 per cent, with no signs of slowing down. In fact, it is expected to reach double digits soon.On this week's edition of the FTAdviser Podcast, news editor Amy Austin is joined by Russell & Co IFA Tim Morris and James Jones-Tinsley, a self-invested technical specialist at Barnett Waddingham to discuss what this mean for people saving into a pension.They discuss whether retirees are majorly impacted by rising inflation as well as what it means in terms of drawdown.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.

The government has pledged to conduct a mortgage market review to help more first-time buyers get onto the housing ladder.This will look into how more people can be given access to high loan-to-value mortgages and what alternative ways of providing finance and managing risk there might be.On this week's edition of the FTAdviser Podcast, deputy editor Damian Fantato is joined by Martin Stewart, director of London Money, and David Hollingworth, associate director of L&C, to discuss what options the government might explore.They discuss whether the loan-to-income ratio now poses a bigger problem for first-time buyers than raising a deposit, how to offer more access to mortgages without repeating the mistakes which led to the 2008 financial crisis, and whether the answer lies in new products rather than new rules. They also weight up the chances of the review happening at all and whether the solution is just to continue with Help to Buy. 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.

On this special edition of the FTAdviser Podcast, news editor Amy Austin is joined by chair of the BMA's Pensions Committee, Vishal Sharma and Graham Crossley, NHS pension specialist advisor at Quilter,to discuss how pension tax issues are causing doctors to leave the profession and what the government should to to attempt to stop this.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.

In this episode of the FTAdviser In Focus podcast we discuss the rise of multi-service firms. In recent months at least two law firms announced their intention to move into the financial advice space. Yet, the concept of a multi-service firm is not new. So why are more and more law firms expanding their remit into financial advice? Josh Richardson, Chartered financial planner at Informed Financial Planning, and Tahina Akther, barrister at Wild Cat Law, which is awaiting authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority to provide advice, discuss the issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The levy for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme may have gone down in 2022-23 but the chief executive of the FSCS still thinks reform is needed.Caroline Rainbird sat down with FTAdviser news editor Amy Austin to discuss the levy and why she thinks the compensation limit on pension claims is going to need to be increased.They also discussed the British Steel Pension Scheme scandal and why the tail of compensation means advisers are unlikely to see their levy bills drop in the near future. 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.

High inflation and higher interest rates have made the current market environment a difficult one for income investors.In this special edition of the FTAdviser podcast, sponsored by Artemis, contributing editor David Thorpe is joined by Jacob De Tusch-Lec, manager of the Artemis Global Income fund, and Jake Moeller, senior investment consultant at Square Mile, to discuss the options investors have.They discuss how investors can determine whether yields are sustainable, the art of being more defensive during a time of potential stagflation and whether there are any areas left for equity income seekers which are not structurally challenged. 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.

Proprietary adviser platforms have their place but are they right for every advice firm? This FTAdviser In Focus podcast chats to Mike Barrett, consulting director at the Lang Cat, and David Ferguson, founder of Nucleus and new CEO of platform technology provider Seccl, about what advisers need to have in place to run an in house platform, how they can benefit from running a proprietary platform, and what effect the consumer duty will have on the way advisers work with platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last month, in the Queen’s speech, the government announced plans to bring in new legislation to "strengthen" the UK's financial services industry and ensure it acts "in the interest of all people and communities". This will be achieved through a financial services and markets bill which will be introduced the coming year.In this week's podcast, FTAdviser deputy editor Damian Fanato speaks to Langcat director of public affairs Tom McPhail and Pimfa director of government relations and policy Tim Fassam on future of the financial services market bill and what the impact will be. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly 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.

In this episode of the FTAdviser In Focus podcast First Wealth's Anthony Villis and Square Mile's Tom Poulter discuss the price of investing. Has the cost of passive investing reached its nadir? Or is there room for further price drops? We also discuss adviser take-up of passive funds and a booming ESG interest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With inflation soaring, interest rates rising and waves of economic and geopolitical uncertainty hitting the equities and bonds, investors can’t be blamed for struggling to find returns.In this week's podcast, FTAdviser's investment reporter Sally Hickey speaks to Sam Dovey, head of research at Ravenscroft, and Ian Brady, chief investment officer at WH Ireland, about where to find real returns, why investing in China is a good idea and how they've found hybrid working.The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly 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.