

The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast
Pete Matthew
Pete Matthew discusses and explains all aspects of your personal finances in simple, everyday language. Personal finance, investing, insurance, pensions and getting financial advice can all seem daunting, but with the right knowledge and easy-to-follow action steps, Pete will help you to get your money matters in order.
Each show is in two segments: Firstly, everything you need to KNOW, and secondly, everything you need to DO to move forward on the subject of that episode.
This podcast will appeal to listeners of MoneyBox Live, Wake Up To Money, Listen to Lucy, Which? Money and The Property Podcast.
To leave feedback or ask a question, go to http://meaningfulmoney.tv/askpete
Archived episodes can be found at http://meaningfulmoney.tv/mmpodcast
Each show is in two segments: Firstly, everything you need to KNOW, and secondly, everything you need to DO to move forward on the subject of that episode.
This podcast will appeal to listeners of MoneyBox Live, Wake Up To Money, Listen to Lucy, Which? Money and The Property Podcast.
To leave feedback or ask a question, go to http://meaningfulmoney.tv/askpete
Archived episodes can be found at http://meaningfulmoney.tv/mmpodcast
Episodes
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Nov 24, 2021 • 48min
Quick Wins Before Retirement
It's fair to say that retiring is a big deal for lots of reasons, but not least because there can be a lot to sort out. Today we want to look at the practical elements of preparing for retirement and also the less tangible stuff, like working out what you're actually going to do with your time!

Nov 17, 2021 • 50min
Quick Wins With Your Budget
Good budget control is the cornerstone of building wealth. If you always spend every penny that comes in, you'll never have anything left to save and invest for the future. Say like that, and it sounds obvious - and it IS! But we all know that this is harder to do than it is to say. So let's get into some quick wins to make the process as painless as possible.

Nov 10, 2021 • 43min
Quick Wins With Your Workplace Pension
Today Pete and Roger are going to be talking about how you can make some quick wins with your workplace pension, which is a hugely neglected area of most people's financial planning, but also super-important.

Nov 3, 2021 • 43min
Quick Wins with Platforms, Wrappers and Investments
There's a real lack of understanding about the roles of platforms, accounts and investments in your wealth-building. Our goal today is to make sure you know what all these moving parts do, and how best to optimise them for your future success.

Oct 13, 2021 • 45min
You Don't Need An Adviser
Time to round off Season 20 of the Meaningful Money Podcast and this time, my guest is me! As I can’t really interview myself, I’ve called in my best mate Roger Weeks to guide the episode. My One Big Thing - the title of this season - is that most of us don’t need to instruct an adviser to make serious headway with our finances.

Oct 6, 2021 • 28min
The Gender Pension Gap with ThisGirlInvests
This week I’m chatting to another Personal Finance creator, Prerna Khemlani of ThisGirlInvests. Her One Big Thing is bridging the Gender Pension Gap, and she has some good things to say about an important subject.

Sep 29, 2021 • 56min
Money and Faith, with Shabbar Kassam
Today’s show is a little bit different, and might be a bit polarising, and it’s certainly longer than usual! I’m chatting with my friend and fellow financial planner Shabbar Kassam of Lumos Financial about Money and Faith.

Sep 22, 2021 • 42min
Trauma and Money Beliefs
The longer I do my job, the more I understand that it is a people business and not really about money at all. Our behaviours, our responses to influences, our decision-making - all these are what really counts towards our financial success or otherwise, and my guest this week, Catherine Morgan, is here to talk about how trauma can impact our money beliefs and behaviours.

Sep 15, 2021 • 30min
Making Money Equal, with Anne Boden
Anne Boden is an extraordinary lady. Not many of us wake up one morning and think to ourselves ‘I’m going to start a bank’. She did that and founded Starling Bank whose results speak for themselves. She is now turning her considerable talents to the mission of making money equal between the sexes.

Sep 8, 2021 • 46min
The NHS Pension Scheme with Rachael Hall
I get an email or a message at least once a week asking for clarity on the NHS pensions scheme. It is a complex beast with different tiers, different attributes and lots to get your head around. Fortunately, when it comes to the NHS scheme, my guest today is one of the country’s leading experts…