FTAdviser Podcast

In the second episode of Responsible Investing: The New Normal, an FTAdviser Podcast series sponsored by Royal London, special projects editor David Thorpe examines the recent strong performance of responsible investment funds.Along with his guests, Adrian Lowcock of Willis Owen and Lorna Blyth of Royal London, he discuss the unique nature of the current economic slowdown and how companies which were perceived to have helped society when the pandemic was at its height, have seen their public image and share price benefit.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Investing is democratic and fair, right? Not quite, experts have claimed. Younger investors, those with lower amounts to invest and those just starting out on their investment journeys are often stymied by outdated systems, heavy prospectuses and financial jargon.Addressing these issues is key to making investment more democratic and helping a new generation become financially independent.  This week Simoney Kyriakou, editor of Financial Adviser, discusses how fintech and financial literacy can help revolutionise investing and make it a truly democratic process with Ruth Wandhofer, a senior investor in fintech for Gauss Ventures, Michael Kent, from digital money transfer firm Azimo and Anand Sambasivan, chief executive of PrimaryBid.The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of Responsible Investing: The New Normal, an FTAdviser Podcast series sponsored by Royal London, special projects editor David Thorpe looks at many of the themes that will be central to the world’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and finds that many of these are already being looked at by responsible investment funds.Ashley Hamilton Claxton, head of responsible investing at Royal London Asset Management, explains how health care and automation are some of the themes being examined by responsible investment funds, while Tom Sparke, investment director at GDIM, a discretionary fund management firm in Cambridge, discusses how technology exposure impacts his choice of responsible investment funds.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With advisers considering how to make their businesses last not just for their own lifetimes but also for succeeding generations, having a clear-cut plan to pass the baton is a business necessity.Even more than that, it is becoming a regulatory imperative for business owners to define and clarify how their clients will be handed on to the next generation of financial advisers, whether that is selling the firm or keeping it independent.This week, Keith Richards, chief executive of the Personal Finance Society, and Paul Morrish, main board director of Succession Holdings, talk to Financial Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou on the dos and don'ts of succession planning for advisory firms.The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest edition of the FTAdviser Podcast, senior reporter Amy Austin is joined by Claire Trott, head of pensions strategy at St James’s Place and Tim Morris, independent financial adviser at Russell & Co, discuss the effect Covid-19 has had on pension industry, including how advisers and providers have had to change their processes to handle social distancing and the growing use of technology. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of the FTAdviser podcast, special projects editor David Thorpe is joined by Andrew Bell, chief executive of the Witan Investment Trust, Sunil Krishnan, multi-asset investor at Aviva Investors, and Jamie Ward, manager of the Crux UK fund to discuss the outlook for UK-listed companies amid the coronavirus pandemic. They discussed the outlook for inflation and interest rates, the effect this would have on whether growth stocks continue to outperform against value, and which segment of the market they think will perform best in the coming months and years. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of the FTAdviser podcast, special projects editor David Thorpe is joined by Rathbones David Coombs, and David Conlon of GCP to discuss the outlook for real assets. Real assets are investments that are backed by physical holdings, such as infrastructure, property or gold. Many of those assets are owned by investors with a defensive outlook, and replace bonds in a portfolio. The income streams of many are also linked to inflation. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the national lockdown continues the latest socially-distanced edition of the FTAdviser Podcast looks at the impact of the coronavirus on advisers as individuals, businesses and as part of a wider industry. We also hear about the knock-on-effect the pandemic has had on an already hardened professional indemnity insurance market. Rachel Mortimer, senior reporter at FTAdviser, discusses 85-year-old "Zooming" clients and how advisers have responded to the logistical and financial challenges of the pandemic with Keith Richards, chief executive of the Personal Finance Society. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can Chinese demand provide a boost for the world in lockdown? and what effect will the lower oil price have on the investment case for those markets? In the latest edition of the FTAdviser Podcast, Liontrust global equity manager James Dowey, JP Morgan market strategist Hugh Gimber, and Andrew Ness, portfolio manager on the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, discuss the outlook for emerging markets in a world coping with the Covid-19 crisis. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With reports that more advisers than ever have been researching funds with Square Mile sustainability ratings, and indications that performance of environmental, sustainable and governance-specific funds have outperformed their peers during the first few months of this year, it is worth asking whether ESG funds have come into their own right. Speaking with Financial Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou on this podcast is Stephanie Maier, director of responsible investment at HSBC Global Asset Management, and Ryan Lightfoot-Brown, senior research analyst at Chelsea Financial Services. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.