Money Clinic with Claer Barrett
Financial Times
The FT’s money-making expert Claer Barrett responds to real-life money questions from a range of millennial guests gearing up to battle the cost of living crisis. Every episode is packed with nuggets, tips and takeaways shared by top FT writers and financial experts. There are no short cuts to wealth, but Money Clinic promises to tell you things you didn’t know about your finances and investing in ways that anyone can understand. Want to talk to Claer on the show? Email money@ft.com or drop her a line on Instagram @Claerb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jan 5, 2017 • 16min
Should you cash in your final salary pension?
FT pensions correspondent Josephine Cumbo joins presenter Claer Barrett to analyse record transfer valuations for final salary pensions. Isa millionaire Lord Lee discusses the state of his portfolio, while Wealth Man columnist Jason Butler asks if money can really buy happiness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2016 • 11min
The investment outlook for 2017
Following a year of political shocks, JP Morgan's Stephanie Flanders and the FT's Jonathan Guthrie discuss what may come next. We also discuss the disappearing £50 note. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 8, 2016 • 14min
The backlash against Airbnb
Investors who have done well out of Airbnb are being targeted by councils who see the site as a force shrinking the supply of rental properties. Presenter James Pickford and guests Madhu Murgia, David Stevenson and Vanessa Houlder also discuss investment opportunities arising from the US election and the difficulties of using offshore tax structures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 1, 2016 • 16min
The 12 Saves of Christmas
Lindsay Cook reveals how to save on champagne, perfume and other high-value items. FT journalists Hugo Greenhalgh and Thomas Hale discuss private jets, which can be surprisingly economical, and letting agents' fees, which have been astonishingly high. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 23, 2016 • 7min
What will the Autumn Statement mean for your money?
Presenter Claer Barrett is joined by tax and pensions experts Raj Mody of PwC, Christine Ross of Handelsbanken Wealth Management and Nimesh Shah of Blick Rothenberg to discuss the main points of Philip Hammond's first Budget statement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 17, 2016 • 14min
The best of alternative investments
In this week's FT Money show, presenter James Pickford and guests discuss how to invest in infrastructure as governments boost their spending, which fine wines you should be buying for your Christmas table, and how much you should pay for a Himalayan crocodile handbag. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 10, 2016 • 18min
Trump wins: what is a private investor to do?
Presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss what fund managers are advising us to do with our money in light of potential changes in the US economy and foreign policy. Also on the show: the Tesco Bank hack, and former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann on the problems with the Lifetime Isa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 3, 2016 • 19min
Biometrics, hacking and your money
In this week's edition of the Money Show, Claer Barrett and guests discuss biometrics, sustainable investing and how the dystopian future of hit Netflix show Black Mirror could soon be a reality of our personal finances (sort of). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 26, 2016 • 18min
Investment trusts come back into fashion
Presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss the trend for investment trusts to venture into esoteric asset classes as they reinvent themselves, as well as the launch of a new, crowdfunded version of the traditional vehicle that promises accountability and transparent fees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2016 • 20min
The return of inflation
Presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss how to invest amid rising inflation in Britain, and the place of Asian stocks in a portfolio. We also hear from the Conservative MP who wants the new, Lifetime Isa to be put to rest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
