FTAdviser Podcast

FT Adviser's Tara O'Connor speaks to Steve Croucher from Winterflood Business Services and Alex Cowan-Sanluis from Platform One about AI, competition and service in the adviser platform market in 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Letters of Authority are still the bane of advisers and clients. Even pledges during the pandemic years to improve automation and processing times have fallen by the wayside, as some advisers have reported to FT Adviser delays of months - six months in once case - in getting clients transferred to and set up with providers, due to issues caused by delays in letters of authority. 2025 must be the year when this appalling lack of service and outdated processing comes to an end. And here to talk with FT Adviser's Simoney Kyriakou about their campaign is Scott Phillips, founder and chief of The Pension Lab and one of the founder members of The Fix LoA (Letters of Authority) Action Group - FLAG for short.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Key moments for house buying, such as April's stamp duty change, are often preceded by mortgage lenders cutting rates in a battle for business. But not this year, according to the guests on this episode of the FT Adviser In Focus podcast. Ben Perks, managing director of Orchard Financial Advisers, Justin Moy, managing director of EHF Mortgages, and Kelsey Phillips, head of specialist lending at Arose Finance, discuss the year ahead for property. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast we look at the year ahead for investments and explore the potential impact of monetary policy, president Trump and geo-politics on global markets and asset classes.The guests are Mitch Reznick, head of fixed income at Federated Hermes Limited, Neil Goddin, head of equities and multi-asset at Aegon Asset Management, and George Fox from the Merlin multi-asset team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her maiden Budget, Rachel Reeves announced she would not be extending stamp duty thresholds for first time buyers nor did she increase the Lifetime Isa cap.FT Adviser senior reporter Alina Khan speaks to Brian Byrnes, head of personal finance at Moneybox, Ray Boulger, senior mortgage technical manager at John Charcoal, and Danny Norris, mortgage and protection specialist at Premier Property Solutions, to find out how first time buyers will be impacted and what can be done to get more people on the property ladder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this edition of the editor’s podcast, which qualifies for 30 minutes of CPD, Simoney Kyriakou speaks to Gary Shaughnessy, former chief executive of Zurich’s European Business, about the challenges and myths around Parkinson’s disease.Shaughnessy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2015 and has since been a voracious campaigner for Parkinson’s UK, earning a CBE for his work on its board and chairing the charitable Z Zurich foundation.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Financial services companies are an extremely mixed bunch when it comes to service. Provider service levels have been exceptionally high for some, and abysmal for others, across all sectors: platforms, pensions, investments, mortgages and everything in between. Here to join us to discuss all things service is Steve Nelson, insight director for the Lang Cat consultancy, which has just released its own research into provider service (November 29). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest FT Adviser podcast, hosted by Ima Jackson-Obot, deputy features editor, delves into the future of US equities as Donald Trump's administration prepares to take office. Joined by Kevin Boscher, managing director – Jersey and chief operating officer of Ravenscroft, and Blair Couper, investment director at Abrdn, the discussion explores market reactions, policy impacts, and sector-specific challenges. Topics include trade tariffs, deregulation, portfolio diversification, and the role of geopolitics. With insights into tech, renewables, and nearshoring trends, this episode provides valuable perspectives for investors and advisers alike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the places advisers and brokers love to discuss the big issues that are affecting them and their clients is on the Cherry Forum. Joining FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou on the latest Editor's Podcast, Silas Lees, founder of WiggyWam and sales director for the Cherry Forum, talks about service, technology and mental health: three huge topics advisers have been discussing over 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been two weeks since Rachel Reeves's first Budget as Chancellor and already financial advisers are adapting their strategies. Carmen Reichman speaks to advisers Ollie Saiman, lain McLeod and lan Cook about how they are responding to Labour's many tax changes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.