In this series of fortnightly podcasts the Burges Salmon Pensions team will be joined by experts from across Burges Salmon and select special guests to discuss topical issues, the latest pensions news and insights and practical tips to help trustees and employers navigate the ever changing pensions landscape.
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Exclusive interviews and lively chat with a diverse mix of figures from the financial planning profession, personal finance and financial services.
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It’s rude to talk about money, right? Wrong. Money really matters. From knowing your worth to understanding the gender investment gap and how to close it, we’re here to help women have more open conversations about money and investing. Because the truth, is women in the UK have less than half the levels of savings and investments as men*. At AJ Bell we’re passionate about helping people invest – so that statistic really bothers us. Money Matters is our programme to put this right, through a ...
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Join Gabby Logan every week as she speaks to some familiar faces about their relationship with money, the financial lessons they've learned on the road to professional success, and how they're investing for their family's future. Visit ii.co.uk for more investing ideas and information.
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Mortgage basics and how to teach kids about money
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast, Laura and Danni walk through a beginner’s guide to mortgages. From the differences between fixed rates and trackers, to how the Bank of England’s interest rate decision plays into what you pay, the pair discuss how rates have changed over the years and what might happen next. Plus, we’ve drafted…
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Attitudes to risk and Taylor Swift’s inflation impact
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast, Laura and Danni discuss why the UK economy couldn’t shake off the Taylor Swift effect. Spending by fans on hotels, travel and tickets to the singer’s Eras tour helped UK inflation hold steady in June, although the impact is expected to be short lived. We also hear from Mind, Money and Soul’s Lau…
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast, Danni and Laura chat to two mums who launched a biscuit bakery that allowed them to work around their children’s lives. Saskia Roskam and Lisa Shepherd started “The Biskery” during the pandemic with the aim of creating a business that worked around school hours for them and their employees. Plus…
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Everything you need to know about student finances
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast Laura and Danni deep dive into student finances. How much debt are you likely to rack up during your time at university, when do you start paying it back, and how do you apply for loans to cover costs like accommodation and food? Laura Brown from Save The Student gives her tips for managing budge…
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Arlene Phillips: Winning Oliviers and dancing towards every opportunity
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Whether you know Dame Arlene Phillips' work from Hot Gossip, Strictly Come Dancing, her legendary music videos, film work or the West End and Broadway shows she has choreographed, her ability to turn her hand to any brief and keep moving forward is unmatched. On this episode, we learn about how Arlene grew up with grit and determination to earn her…
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Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard 10 years on from her historic misogyny speech
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A decade on from an historic speech she delivered on misogyny, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard tells Danni and Laura there has been progress but there’s still a lot more to be done. Now chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, she’s passionate about closing the gender pay gap and believes we’ll only see real change if mo…
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How to close the gender funding gap with a serial female entrepreneur
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On this episode of the Money Matters podcast we hear from Debbie Wosskow, the serial entrepreneur who’s been appointed to the government’s Invest in Women taskforce. With just 2p of every £1 of business funding going to female-founded companies in the UK, Debbie’s on a mission to raise a £250 million pot to create “once in a generation change”. Bes…
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Pregnant then Screwed’s Joeli Brearley on the motherhood penalty
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On this episode of the pod, Danni and Laura speak to campaigner Joeli Brearley from motherhood campaigning group Pregnant then Screwed about why politicians have finally woken up to the economic value of getting mums back into work and what more needs to be done to end the motherhood penalty. Also on the episode, Danni and Laura break down the four…
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Meeting real-life Barbie and why the cost-of-living crisis isn’t over yet
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On this episode Danni and Laura dig into the findings of a survey that reveals that more than 7 million households are still struggling to make ends meet despite falling inflation. And as Barbie celebrates her 65thbirthday we’ll be chatting to one woman who made her living playing the role. Charlotte Clemie was employed by Mattel to be their offici…
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IFA consolidation has slowed white-labelling trend
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In this episode of The Advice Show, intermediary distribution director at Scottish Widows, Ranila Ravi-Burslem, talks about the trend of advice firms ‘white-labelling’ their platforms. Ravi-Burslem ponders why the trend has slowed in the advice market over the past year, the challenges facing advice firms – and why she believes the regulatory focus…
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Finding lost pension pots and who are the Waspi women?
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast Danni and Laura chat to AJ Bell’s Head of Public Policy and pension guru, Rachel Vahey. They discuss the increasingly important issue of lost pension pots and how to find them. Rachel also talks through how consolidating your pensions into one pot could make life simpler and help you plan for ret…
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Waspi compensation and the gender pension gap
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Following the ombudsman recommendation that Waspi women should receive compensation, Becky O’Connor from PensionBee explores the gender pension gap, whether this would have happened in 2024 , and what the government could have done differently.By Citywire
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SJP’s ongoing (advice) saga and the FCA’s CRP scrutiny
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In our latest monthly roundup, NMA reporters discuss the biggest stories from the past (two) month(s), including St James’s Place’s back-book review of ongoing advice servicing, platforms’ cash interest changes and what the FCA revealed in its sector-wide review of retirement income advice.By Citywire
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Everything IFAs need to know about the LTA abolition
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Royal London’s Clare Moffat joins this episode of The Advice Show to answer advisers’ burning questions about the abolition of the lifetime allowance. Moffat discusses how different clients will be impacted, the impact on death benefits, and more.By Citywire
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Your money questions answered, plus your tax-year-end checklist
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On this episode of the Money Matters podcast, we put all your burning money questions to Financial Adviser Jane Gow, who is founder of Clear Cut Chartered Financial Planners. You asked about a wide range of issues from when you should lock in interest rates on cash savings, to how to start a pension and whether to prioritise saving for a house or r…
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Spring Budget recap with Matthew Pescott Frost
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In this episode of The Advice Show, reporters Nicola Blackburn and Zach Sharif break down the key announcements in last week’s Spring Budget with Matthew Pescott Frost, owner of Suffolk-based advice firm Matthew Douglas.By Citywire
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Helena Wardle, CEO of Money Means, gives Citywire's Victoria Bell her take on simplified advice, SJP's fee fiasco and double dippingBy Citywire
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International Women’s Day “Queenager” special
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In this special bonus episode of the podcast for International Women’s Day, Danni and Laura discuss this year’s theme, Inspire Inclusion, and how in particular women in mid-life have been pushing boundaries over the past few years to become more visible and included. They’re joined by former editor of The Sunday Times magazine Eleanor Mills, who st…
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How did financial planning save a monkey gone rogue in the Highlands? Lifestyle planner David Lamb tells all—and why he wants his clients to spend their money while they can.By Citywire
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Work-life balance with Lorraine Candy and recession-proof your finances
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast Laura and Danni ask what the UK officially being in recession means for your finances – and run through some practical measures you can put in place. They also hear from Lorraine Candy – former editor-in-chief of Elle and Cosmopolitan magazines, author of a book on raising teenage daughters and c…
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Transformation in platforms and Nucleus’ replatforming challenge
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In this episode of The Advice Show, Fundscape CEO Bella Caridade-Ferreira joins NMA’s reporters for a wide-reaching discussion about the future of platforms, the sector’s recovery after a difficult 2023 – and why she thinks Nucleus’ replatforming could take longer than the business anticipates. Plus, Caridade-Ferreira reveals which platforms she pr…
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How to pick an investing account, plus demystifying scary pension headlines
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast Danni and Laura pore over the latest pension headlines that suggest we’ll all have to save more and might have to work for longer. The pair consider that all this bad news might be just the thing many women need to get them motivated to think about the kind of retirement they want and start plann…
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The 'jaw-dropping' errors that put IFA client data at risk
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Citywire New Model Adviser has previously reported on providers’ data leaks, including Scottish Widows recently leaking confidential client information to the wrong advice firm. This incident was not an isolated one. In this episode of The Advice Show, reporters Zach Sharif and Nicola Blackburn speak to Kate Shaw, financial planner at Financial Lif…
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S4 Ep6: Insurer Due Diligence: How does it help trustees navigating the pension insurance market?
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Just like that we have reached the end of Season 4 of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod. The pensions insurance market has exploded over the last 12-24 months, so in our final episode Chris Brown and Helen Helen Norman are joined by Richard Hall, a partner at Argyll Covenant Advisory, to discuss insurer due diligence and how this can assist trustees. …
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Monthly Roundup: Abrdn’s £1.5bn outflow and the £1.3bn Sipp nightmare
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In this episode of The Advice Show, NMA reporters discuss some of the biggest stories from the past month, including what £150m in promised cost cuts means for Abrdn and the ongoing administration of Hartley Pensions that has left £1.3bn in client Sipp assets trapped.By Citywire
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Loud budgeting and inspirational investing
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On this episode of the AJ Bell Money Matters podcast Laura and Danni revel in the new social media trend that is “loud budgeting”. The phrase has become popular on TikTok and the pair celebrate that talking about money is becoming less taboo. Also on the show, they sum up where we are in the “cost of living crisis”, including the crucial question o…
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S4 Ep5: The gender pensions gap: What is it and possible solutions for addressing the gap?
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In the latest episode of the Burges Salmon Pensions Pod, Chris and Helen are joined by Emma Moore (an Associate Partner at Aon) to discuss the gender pensions gap. In this episode Chris, Helen and Emma cover: What the gender pensions gap is; Why it is so significant; and Possible solutions for addressing the gap.…
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How does the IFA acquisition process work?
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The IFA market is packed with acquisitions, private equity money and consolidation. But how does the actual sale process break down? Joining us this week is Debbie Dry, acquisitions director at Loyal North, to walk us through the process, and tell selling firms what they should watch out for.By Citywire
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On this episode we are going back to basics on investing. Lots of women say they don’t how to invest, there’s too much jargon or they are embarrassed to ask questions – but we’re aiming to solve that. In this episode Laura and Danni talk through some of the types of investments you can put in your portfolio: from stocks and shares to funds and bond…
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Are fixed fees more unpopular with older advisers?
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What are the challenges and opportunities in starting your own advice business in 2024? This week we’re joined by Rob Schwarz and Scott Millar, founders of new advice firm, Finova Money. We explore fixed-fee charging models, their subscription-based approach, and the future of financial planning.By Citywire
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S4 Ep4: How are we seeing trustees respond to the recent Virgin Media case?
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In our first episode of 2024 Helen Cracknell is joined by Luke Parry-Billings, a trainee solicitor in our pensions team to discuss how trustees could respond to the recent Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II case. The High Court considered the question of whether amendments made to rights to the payment of pensions and accrued rights to pens…
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What can advisers expect from the FCA in 2024?
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What better way to kick-start the year than by diving into regulation? In this episode of The Advice Show, Mike Barrett, consulting director at The Lang Cat, forecasts where the FCA will take its regulatory work on advice fees, simplified advice and the British Steel saga in 2024.By Citywire
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How to learn from 2023’s financial mistakes
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On the first episode of 2024 Danni and Laura hear confessions from the rest of the Money Matters team about financial mistakes they made in 2023 and the goals they’re setting themselves this year. Their errors vary from overindulging in online shopping to not following through on carefully laid investing plans, while their good intentions include u…
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2023 Recap: NMA reporters dive into the biggest stories of the year
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2023 was another massive year for the world of advice. We had private equity money flooding in, consumer duty heralding a new era, and plenty of stories to dig our teeth into. Join reporters Zach Sharif, Nicola Blackburn and Alicja Hagopian as we dissect it all.By Citywire
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On this episode Danni and Laura are getting into the Christmas spirit, but after a year of soaring food prices we’re thinking hard about budgeting for the big day. The Christmas food shop is a big one – and it’s likely to be a whopper this year. Danni catches up with Mimi Harrison, blogger, author and the Instagram legend known as “Beat the Budget”…
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Advice is pale, male and stale – SJP’s academy on how to bring in new talent
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How can we change the perception of advice, and bring through the next generation of advisers? This week we’re joined by Gee Footit, senior manager at St James’s Place Financial Adviser Academy, to discuss.By Citywire
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