FT Adviser

FTAdviser

FT Adviser is the Financial Times’ specialist title dedicated to the UK financial advice profession. Each week one of our reporters will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss issues such how the latest regulatory developments will impact advice firms, how advised clients will be affected by the latest developments in pensions, investing, mortgages and tax, and how the financial advice profession will develop and grow.

The FT Adviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues.

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Aug 21, 2020 · 33 min
How to bridge the racial wealth gap
The ethnic minority wealth gap in the UK is wider than any other, and especially so for Black women. Black households are less likely to be home owners and Black households are disproportionately affected by debt. This week Financial Adviser editor Sim...
Aug 14, 2020 · 41 min
'Markets can't price risk properly'
Although the world is mired in recession, stock markets have bounced back strongly. What does this mean? And, in a world of uncertainty, how can investors be prepared for whatever happens next?In this week's edition of the FTAdviser podc...
Aug 7, 2020 · 22 min
Advice after coronavirus: advice firms
In the final episode of our series into advice after coronavirus, reporter Rachel Mortimer examines how small and medium-sized advice firms will be changed by the pandemic and the lockdown. Joining her are Neil Moles, chief executive of Progeny, Martin...
Jul 31, 2020 · 15 min
Advice after coronavirus: St James's Place
Advice companies, both big and small, have had to change the way they operate because of the coronavirus pandemic and they don't get much bigger than St James's Place. FTAdviser's digital editor Damian Fantato talks to the chief executiv...
Jul 29, 2020 · 30 min
Talking Point: The outlook for emerging markets
Emerging market equities have historically struggled at times of global uncertainty, as investors move into safe haven assets. But with China on course to become the latest economy in the world later this year and technology changing the shap...
Jul 24, 2020 · 27 min
Advice after coronavirus: Platforms
Over the past few months, advice firms have been turned upside down as they attempt to adjust to the lockdown measures put in place to curb the coronavirus and the impact of the crisis on their business. For advisers, platforms were thoroughly in the s...
Jul 17, 2020 · 27 min
Adviser after coronavirus: consolidation
In the second episode in a series investigating what the advice profession will look like after the coronavirus pandemic, FTAdviser's digital editor Damian Fantato talks to Lee Hartley, chief executive of Fairstone, and Paul Morrish, a director at...
Jul 10, 2020 · 24 min
Advice after coronavirus: Networks
In the first in a series investigating what the advice profession will look like after the coronavirus pandemic, FTAdviser's digital editor Damian Fantato talks to Mark Scanlon, chief executive of Tenet, and John Cowan, executive chairman of Sesam...
Jul 3, 2020 · 25 min
What advisers are getting right and wrong about DB transfers
Advisers are continuing to make basic errors in their record keeping which needs to be addressed before they can improve their defined benefit transfer advice, according to guests on the FTAdviser Podcast.In this week's episode, reporter Amy Aust...
Jul 1, 2020 · 27 min
Ep4 - How advisers can choose the right responsible investment
In this fourth and final episode of Responsible Investing: The New Normal, the FTAdviser Podcast series sponsored by Royal London, special projects editor David Thorpe examines whether the responsible investment universe has evolved enough in recent ye...
Jun 26, 2020 · 27 min
Central bank action 'challenges building blocks' of portfolios
Action taken by central banks during the coronavirus crisis "challenges the fundamental building blocks" of diversification and balanced portfolios, according to the guests on the latest episode of the FTAdviser Podcast.FTAdviser's spec...
Jun 24, 2020 · 19 min
Ep3 - The future of regulating responsible investing
In this third episode of Responsible Investing: The New Normal, the FTAdviser Podcast series sponsored by Royal London, special projects editor David Thorpe examines the impact recent regulatory changes have had on the future of responsible investment ...
Jun 19, 2020 · 32 min
Growth of technology in lockdown 'sets new baseline' for advisers
The spread of the coronavirus and the lockdowns which it triggered have seen advisers working from home in huge numbers. This has meant relying on technology to do work which was previously done face-to-face. This means video conferences, e-signatures,...
Jun 17, 2020 · 20 min
Ep2 - Why responsible investment funds outperformed
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, A...
Jun 12, 2020 · 23 min
How Covid-19 is helping to democratise investing
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 finan...
Jun 10, 2020 · 15 min
Ep1 - The themes driving responsible investing
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...
Jun 5, 2020 · 28 min
The secrets to adviser succession planning
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 impera...
May 29, 2020 · 19 min
How Covid-19 has changed pensions
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 o...
May 22, 2020 · 26 min
Value investing is 'not dead'
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 U...
May 15, 2020 · 21 min
Real assets 'can offer inflation protection'
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, ...