Welcome to our latest IFA Talk podcast! In this episode, we dive into the evolving landscape of UK Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), which have faced recent challenges but currently show signs of revitalisation. Joining us is Matt Norris, Head of Real Estate Securities at Gravis, who will walk us through seven key factors that could spark a po…

Getting to grips with marketing is the subject for this week’s IFA Talk. Sue and Brandon’s guest is Nicola McCoosh. Nicola is founder of Yada Yada Finance, a financial marketing business based in Northern Ireland. It was set up by Nicola – a seasoned marketing professional herself- to help financial services firms to bridge the gap between the need…

The great TC Fleming returns to talk ForwardDallas and the HERO ballot initiatives

In this episode of IFA Talk, we are joined by TPT's Philip Smith to discuss the main reasons why so few people approaching retirement will use an adviser, how advisers can boost the uptake of professional advice at this key point and also set out a wish list for what some the biggest priorities might be for the new Labour government when it comes t…

In this episode of IFA Talk, Jenny and Brandon delve into the rapidly evolving world of AI within financial services—a sector ripe with opportunities for innovation. Despite the buzz around AI, many advice firms are still navigating how to translate talk into tangible, practical solutions. Thankfully, we had Arran Kingston, Founder and CEO of 4admi…

Joining us is James Rae, Head of the AIM Inheritance Tax Service at Charles Stanley—one of the UK’s leading wealth management firms. Charles Stanley’s award-winning AIM service has helped countless advisers, and their clients navigate the complexities of IHT planning. In this episode James will share his insights on how this service works, what mak…

District 8's Plan Commissioner Lorie Blair stops by to explain the farthest southern reached of our town. Commissioner Melissa Kingston co-hosts.

Welcome to our latest IFA Talk podcast – which this week is our latest Mortgage and Property special edition. On our agenda today, are the MANY challenges facing first time buyers in the property market, which are amongst the most difficult they’ve faced for over 70 years.By IFA Magazine

In this week’s episode of IFA Talk, we tackle a pressing issue: the financial advice gap. Did you know that in 2023, 10 million people sought financial advice, but only 4 million received it? That leaves a staggering 6 million people without the guidance they need. Brandon and Jenny sit down with Karen Barret, CEO and Founder of Unbiased, to explor…

D3 Plan Commissioner Darrell Herbert tells us what land use and civic engagement look like in his district.

In this week's episode, Brandon and Jenny chat with Jordan Sriharan, a Fund Manager at Canada Life Asset Management, to break down what’s ahead for the rest of 2024. Jordan talks about all the big stuff, such as how fund managers like himself are adjusting to all the shifting pieces in the markets, changes in UK interest rates and what the upcoming…

The great Matt Bruenig joins the show to talk People's Policy Project and his groundbreaking work as an internet troll.

Sue and Brandon’s guest on this week’s IFA Talk podcast is Huw Davies, an Investment Manager in the Fixed Income - Absolute Return team, at Jupiter Asset Management.By IFA Magazine

In this week’s edition of the podcast, Sue and Brandon are turning their attention to end of life planning. Specifically, about how advisers can help clients to prepare for that eventuality. Their expert guest is Mark Wood, Chairman at Funeral Concierge Service, Everest.By IFA Magazine

As we look back on the first year of the FCA’s new Consumer Duty, we wanted to find out what it has actually meant for IFA and wealth management businesses in practice. Questions like what does Consumer Duty look like for advisers now? What’s actually changed on the front line within advice businesses? Were advice firms really ‘already doing it’ as…

In this week’s IFA Talk podcast Sue and Jenny are marking the first anniversary of the Consumer Duty by exploring what the new reality has actually been like for financial advisers over this past year. So, is it doing what it says on the tin?By IFA Magazine

The great Tyler Wade returns to talk us through the craziness that has been national politics this summer. It's not our usual local focus, but it felt warranted.

On today’s episode of IFA Talk, we bring you a mortgage and property special with a focus on the role of building societies in the specialist lender market and the mortgage market in general. To help us through this discussion, our guest this week is Laura Sneddon, Head of Mortgage Sales and Distribution at Hinckley and Rugby Building Society.…

Commissioner Kingston returns to explain all things FORWARDDALLAS

This week on the IFA Talk Podcast, Jenny and Brandon explore a growing theme in the financial services industry: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). More and more businesses are choosing to explore a potential merger or sale of their companies, whether it be due to upcoming retirements or increasing regulatory costs, as a way of ensuring their and their …

This week’s podcast will be focusing on a hot topic of the moment, AI and how this impacts the investment industry. We are living in a world of rapid technological innovation, where AI is on an exponential upward curve. The asset management industry stands on the edge of a transformation and has potentially a lot to benefit from these advancements.…

Insurance and protection as part of financial planning can often be overlooked or treated as an afterthought when in reality it should form part of the cornerstone of financial planning for many clients. So, on this week’s podcast Jenny and Brandon focus on insurance and protection, and in particular policy ownership, with their guest Gregor Sked, …

Has your client retirement proposition evolved following the publication of the FCA's thematic review of retirement income advice? In March, the FCA wrote to the Chief Executives of financial advice firms asking them to review their processes when providing retirement income advice. This thematic review has pretty massive implications for the advic…

Are you a paraplanner? Or maybe you’re an adviser or wealth manager who works with paraplanners? If so, this week’s podcast is for you. This week, Sue and Brandon speak to The Lang Cat’s Steve Nelson about their sixth annual State of the Advice Nation report – all about Paraplanning. It’s refreshing to hear such an influential and successful organi…

On this, the latest Insurance & Protection special edition of our IFA Talk podcast, Sue and Brandon are joined by the highly charismatic and influential voice that is Rose St Louis, Protection Director at Lloyds Banking Group. Their conversation with Rose, formerly a financial adviser herself, is perfect for today’s Consumer Duty landscape. Not onl…

Sue and Brandon’s guest on this week’s IFA Talk is Gillian Hepburn, Commercial Director of Benchmark, a leading provider of financial planning solutions and a part of the Schroders Group. In this episode, their conversation drills down into why Consumer Duty is about evolution not revolution and also some of the finer points about how the industry …

Sue and Brandon’s guest on the podcast today is Tom Adcock, Tax Partner at Gravita – and a former HMRC tax inspector.By IFA Magazine

In this week’s Insurance and Protection special edition of our IFA Talk podcast, Sue and Brandon’s guest is Ryan Griffin. Ryan is Protection Director at dedicated life insurance provider, Beagle Street.By IFA Magazine

Sue and Brandon’s guest this week is Paul Hogg, Head of Distribution at 8AM. 8AM are providers of data-driven investment solutions in the model portfolio space, with a clear evidence and outcomes based focus.By IFA Magazine

In this conversation with Sue and Brandon, Matthew Norris, Head of Real Estate Securities and adviser to the VT Gravis Digital Infrastructure Income and VT Gravis UK Listed Property strategies at Gravis, drills down into exactly how it’s changed, into why it’s no longer about offices and shopping centres. As he explains, it’s now all about next gen…

Our guest on this week’s special Mortgage and Property edition of IFA Talk is Matthew Cumber, MD of Countrywide Surveying. Countrywide are one of the largest surveyors in the UK with around 500 employed surveyors on the team. Tune in to hear Matthew explaining in detail to Sue and Brandon all about the different types of survey that buyers can choo…

In today’s podcast, Sue and Brandon thought it was the ideal time to talk about defensive assets and find out where there might be some decent investment opportunities for those looking to diversify their portfolios just now. This week’s guest– a friend of the podcast as this is his third time on IFA Talk - is Jason Borbora Sheen, Diversified Incom…

Shelley Read, Senior Protection Technical Manager at Royal London joins Jenny and Brandon to give our listeners all they need to know about FIB. As well as highlighting what types of clients could benefit from having conversations around this type of protection which should help advisers identify opportunities to help those most in need.…

Back for his second visit to the IFA Talk Studio, our guest this week is Jonathan Stinton, Head of Intermediary Relationships at Coventry Building Society. Coventry has recently produced an influential report entitled “Beyond the Bricks” which looks in detail at what a green housing market really would look like. It’s an interesting conversation an…

Helping older clients to raise finance is becoming an increasingly important part of the advice process. Our guest on IFA Talk today is Kay Westgarth, Sales Director at Standard Life Home Finance. Kay is highly experienced in this area and is keen to raise awareness amongst advisers of the range of later life finance options for the over-55s.…

In this eco-friendly edition of our IFA Talk Mortgage and Property special podcast, Sue and Brandon have two great guests to share their knowledge and insight about retrofitting homes and installing energy-saving tech – and the financing of such projects.By IFA Magazine

Crew show. Elections, bond, charter, SB4, Ed Cloutman. And Tyler has a major announcement.

Rich Horner, Head of Individual Protection at MetLife UK is Sue and Brandon’s guest on this week’s IFA Talk podcast and is particularly focused on growing the reputation and take up of protection products as a key part of the financial planning process.By IFA Magazine

On this week’s podcast, Jenny and Brandon speak to Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainability Research at Morningstar. Morningstar has recently undertaken some useful research U.K. Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: An early analysis | Morningstar, to explore what the landscape of UK sustainability-labelled funds may look like in the fut…

This week’s IFA talk is a Budget Special! Where we highlight the changes announced in yesterday’s Spring Budget 2024 that advisers need to be most aware of. Joining Jenny and Sue this week is Steph Willcox, Head Actuary at Dynamic Planner. Bringing a wealth of knowledge about the financial services industry, Steph shares what impact she thinks the …

National Conveyancing Week (NCW) will take place between the 11th and 15th of March this year and the organisers David Opie, Managing Director of Today’s Media and Rob Hailstone, CEO and Founder of Bold Legal Group, spend some time with Jenny and Brandon on this week’s IFA Talk, to help shine a light on the conveyancing profession.…

With the tax year-end in sight, Sue and Brandon’s podcast guest on IFA Talk this week is Cat McInally, an investment specialist at M&G Wealth. Their conversation with Cat explores important themes such as why gifting is becoming more popular recently, what are the gifting rules advisers need to be aware of and also what might be some of the barrier…

Emergency episode! TC Broadnax is out. Our exclusive TC Broadnax correspondent TC Fleming joins us to wildly speculate about how it happened and what it means.

In this week’s IFA Talk podcast, Sue and Brandon are looking at the world of technology, how the use of tech has changed so dramatically in recent years within both insurance and mortgage brokerages and also about how AI is already manifesting across the lending and insurance spectrum.By IFA Magazine

For this week’s IFA Talk GBI Special podcast, the first in our new series, our focus turns to VCTs. Joining Matt and Sue on the podcast is Mark O’Donnell, Head of Research at MICAP. MICAP are part of Defaqto and are the leading provider of research and reporting solutions for financial advisers recommending tax-advantaged products like VCTs.…

Parking show with our friends Krita Nightengale, Paul Carden, and Nathaniel Barrett. Listen to the carless, dystopian future these commies want.

On this week's podcast, Sue and Brandon speak to Ian MacKendrick and Stephen Farnfield, both Chartered Financial Planners at Paladin Advice, an independent advice firm which is part of Rosemount IFA. Both Ian and Steve have worked together at previous firms and have come together to focus their energy and expertise towards clients with a range of v…

For any financial planner, it’s never an easy thing to do to make the bold move of breaking away from an advice firm and role you’ve been in for a while and putting in the huge amount of time and effort that it takes to get your own new financial advice business up and running. On this podcast, Sue and Brandon talk to Jack Mason Brown from Mason-Br…

Crew show. Bond and charter updates, the Trinity East judgment and the story of Mary Suhm the Christ

On this week’s edition of IFA Talk, we invited back a guest from one of our most popular podcasts of 2023, Jordan Sriharan, fund manager at Canada Life.By IFA Magazine