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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May 7, 2020 · 12 min
How coronavirus has affected PI insurance
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 kn...
May 1, 2020 · 28 min
World 'can't rely on emerging markets' to bail it out
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...
Apr 24, 2020 · 18 min
ESG investing has moved to the mainstream
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 f...
Apr 17, 2020 · 19 min
Suitability processes 'ill-equipped' to handle coronavirus
Advisers, clients and journalists are all stuck at home. Many will have worries about their health, their jobs, their families and friends. Following the recent market falls, can behavioural finance help advisers lead their clients through these troubl...
Apr 3, 2020 · 24 min
How coronavirus will change advice firms
As advisers get used to working from home, the latest socially-distanced edition of the FTAdviser Podcast looks at how this could affect the service they offer and how advisers can turn it into a positive by working on their business rather than just i...
Mar 27, 2020 · 23 min
The future of the FSCS levy
The FSCS levy — and the burden it places on advisers — is a controversial topic, with the latest levy hike landing landing a total bill of £635m on advisers and providers for 2020-21. This week Imogen Tew, investment reporter at FTAdviser, looks into t...
Mar 20, 2020 · 19 min
Coronavirus: Financial planning norms 'out the window'
This week many advisers - and the journalists at FTAdviser - started working from home as Covid-19 spread across the globe. But working patterns weren't the only thing affected. Markets were sent tumbling, prompting unprecedented action by the Ban...
Mar 13, 2020 · 18 min
Budget 2020
This week chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his first Budget - the first since Brexit and the first since 2018. It took place against a background of market turmoil, oil price wars and the spread of the coronavirus. So what can advisers take away from t...
Mar 6, 2020 · 30 min
Investing in the age of Trump
Despite persistent client fears about valuations, the US equity market has hit numerous record highs, driven largely by technology stocks. In the latest episode of the FTAdviser Podcast, investment reporter David Thorpe is joined by Julian Coo...
Feb 28, 2020 · 25 min
'Focus on positives' to close the gender pension gap
The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Each week, FTAdviser is be joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. With reports estimating that 60...
Feb 21, 2020 · 19 min
How to invest in the UK in uncertain times
The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. Each week, FTAdviser will be joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Although sentiment has turned...
Feb 14, 2020 · 19 min
Effect of pension freedoms not yet known
The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Tom Selby, senior analyst at AJ Bell, and Krupesh Kotecha, financial planner at Balance Wealth Planning, discuss what impac...
Feb 7, 2020 · 22 min
How advice can help financial wellbeing
Awareness around financial wellbeing has steadily increased over the past few years, and the effect of poor financial health on a person’s overall wellbeing has been well documented.But how can advisers improve their client's financial wellbein...
Jan 31, 2020 · 18 min
The future of advice fees
The cost of advice has been a much-discussed topic for a number of years — from the pros and cons of percentage charging to the fee pressures facing advisers.We've also seen some big names enter the industry at a time when the City-watchdog has...
Jan 24, 2020 · 20 min
Consolidators to dominate the platform market
The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com.In this week's episode, Ben Hammond, platform director at Altus, and Mark Till, managing director for digital solutions at Aegon, discuss the fut...
Jan 17, 2020 · 20 min
What do the Conservatives have planned for pensions?
The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In this week's episode Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, and John Hill, a chartered financial planner at Saunderson House, discuss what t...
Jan 10, 2020 · 23 min
What does 2020 have in store for advisers?
The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers brought to you by FTAdviser.com. In the first episode of the year, the Personal Finance Society's director of policy Matthew Connell, and chartered financial planner Darre...
Dec 13, 2019 · 25 min
What the general election means for investments
Yesterday, the UK headed to the polls in a momentous election set to decide the course of the country over the next five years.Voters overwhelmingly backed the Conservative party, which is up nearly 50 seats, and its leader Boris Johnson will now go...
Dec 6, 2019 · 23 min
Central bank policies make it harder to understand risk
The policies of quantitative easing and record low interest rates make it very difficult for advisers and clients to understand the risks they are taking when making an investment, according to the guests on the latest FTAdviser podcast. Be...
Nov 29, 2019 · 25 min
Intergenerational wealth
Over the past few years, concerns have been raised that advisers are at risk of missing out on a generational windfall by failing to service the young people likely to inherit their current client’s wealth. The latest FTAdviser Podcast examines how IFA...