FTAdviser Podcast

On this episode of Margin Notes, FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou speaks with Sergei Cristo, author of new research from the University of Buckingham, which has revealed more than 400 SFDR-badged funds were deliberately investing in Russia right up to the February 2022 invasion, even as tanks were rolling to the border. This was not an inadvertent allocation: data shows these ESG funds deliberately added more exposure to Russian bonds and Russian companies to capitalise on rising yields and stock prices weeks after Putin had declared his intention to invade.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UK equities will always be a material part of an income portfolio, but valuations are not quite as cheap as they were. FT Adviser senior investments editor David Thorpe chats with Nick Stanhope, senior portfolio manager at Morningstar, Hillary Blandy who runs the Jupiter Monthly Income Bond fund, and Stuart Rhodes, manager of the M&G Global Dividend fund, about constructing income portfolios in the current climateThe FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast reporter Hereward Mills and senior investment editor David Thorpe chat to international adviser Jeremy Harding, head of wealth management at Norman K. London, about the rise of international advice and what impact geopolitical events like the conflict in the Middle East are having on the market.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest episode of Margin Notes, Simoney Kyriakou, editor of FT Adviser, speaks with Steve Lamb, chief executive of Kyckr, about the problems UK companies face when it comes to really knowing your clients, and how to avoid ever-more punitive fines.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Margin Notes, Radu Tunaru, professor of finance and risk management at Henley Business School, tells FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou that we could see highly impactful errors due to an over-reliance on AI modelling, and regulators might not be ready to act.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cyber warfare is very real, and far more prevalent than you might think. In this podcast, a specialist talks about how to protect everything from your phone apps to your client’s data. On this episode of Margin Notes, Heligan Group's Adam Irwin talks to FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou about how to prevent digital attacks on your business and on your clients.This podcast qualifies for 40 minutes’ of CPD, bank your answers online at ftadviser.comThe FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Financial services companies are sitting on legacy technology and not doing anything with it, says Tata Consultancy Services’ Shankar Narayanan. But while now may not be the best time to implement a big technological strategy, as tech changes rapidly, companies cannot afford to stand still. Adopting a “no-regrets” architecture could be the answer.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us this week as Jenny Davidson, Scottish Widows’ intermediary wealth director, and Holly Mackay, founder and chief executive of Boring Money, discuss the persistent issue of the gender retirement gap and how the industry can continue to tackle it; how simplified advice might help; and what advisers can do to boost client confidence and engagement, with deputy features editor Ima Jackson-Obot. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is UK financial regulation about to get tougher and faster? In this special edition of FT Adviser Briefing, Amy Austin speaks with Kate Blatchford-Hick, head of consumer investments policy and market analysis at the Financial Conduct Authority about its push to make regulation “faster, sharper and harder to evade”, and what that means for firms, advisers and consumers.As the regulator faces pressure to support economic growth while maintaining oversight, we explore how the FCA is navigating that balance and where it may draw the line. Kate explains the FCA's announcement about ditching the annual review requirement for ongoing advice, turning attention to the trail commission, what advisers and firms should expect from the upcoming changes and how tougher enforcement could reshape the market.00:00 - Welcome to FT Adviser Briefing00:39 - FCA's thinking on simplifying adviser advice03:35 - How will targeted support and simplified advice work alongside one another?04:45 - What products will simplified advice be most useful for?07:10 - How affordable will this be for advisers?10:54 - How the FCA will police the reforms14:08 - Trail commissionThe FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FT Adviser senior investment editor David Thorpe chats with Nick Kirrage, global equity manager at Brown Advisory, Hugh Gimber, market strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management and Paul O'Neill, chief investment officer at Bentley Reid, about the outlook for US equities after a period of underperformance for the asset class.The panel discussed diversification, the significance of the dollar on equity returns and the implications of AI stocks on the wider market.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In January 2026, the FCA announced the launch of the Mills Review. This is a major consultation examining how advanced AI will reshape retail financial services by 2030 and beyond. But what are the dangers if people get it wrong when it comes to making financial decisions? Joining FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou on this episode of Margin Notes is Greg Davies. He is head of behavioural finance at Oxford Risk, and author of Behavioural Investment Management. This podcast will qualify for 40 minutes CPD and you should be able to explain what the Mills Review aims to do, outline various areas where UK financial services needs to embrace AI, and list some of the potential dangers for financial services providers if they get AI wrong. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast senior investment editor David Thorpe chats with Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist at Netwealth, Charlie Lloyd, head of investments at Shackleton, and Premier Miton fund manager Gervais Williams, about the outlook for the UK economy and stock market in light of a revised interest rate cycle.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the FT Adviser podcast senior reporter Tara O'Connor speaks to workplace culture expert Jenny Segal and Parmenion’s chief customer officer Sarah Lyons about persistent issues with female representation in financial services, why these are hard to shift, and why existing data should not be ignored.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Treasury published a consultation earlier this month looking to make a number of changes to the AR regime to tighten it up.This included bringing ARs under the Financial Ombudsman Service’s remit for complaints as well as making principal firms hold a special FCA permission in order to appoint an AR.FT Adviser's Amy Austin speaks to Simon Morris, a financial services partner with CMS, and David Mills, financial adviser and founder & chair of Pilot, about whether the changes will have a large effect and what advisers can expect.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this CPD-qualifying podcast, Roy McLoughlin, member of the Protection Distributors Group, speaks with editor Simoney Kyriakou ahead of Business Protection Focus Week to discuss what to expect from next week’s many initiatives, what to make of the FCA’s latest work in the protection space and what protection could look like in a world of targeted support.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast chief reporter Tara O'Connor chats to Oliver Bedford, lead manager on the Hargreave Hale VCT, and Diana French, chief commercial officer of retail distribution at Triple Point, about the impact the chancellor's cuts to VCT income tax relief will have on the industry and clients' financial planning.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With National Apprenticeship Week fast approaching, multimedia editor Carmen Reichman chats to Sally Plant, relationship director at LIBF, about how apprenticeships can work for advice businesses, how they differ from more traditional routes into advice and why, despite their many benefits, they are not suitable for everyone.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Advice Guidance Boundary Review is a response to a growing concern that most consumers in the UK are not getting the financial help they need, but whether or not there is demand for simplified advice in particular is still unclear.On this episode of the FT Adviser podcast deputy news editor Sonia Rach speaks to Clive Gordon, consumer investments practice lead at Sicsic Advisory and Edward Grant, director at the Personal Finance Society, on where the industry is at and what is needed for simplified advice to work.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the FT Adviser podcast news editor Amy Austin chats with Seán Standerwick, director at MLP Wealth, and Toby Bentley, director at Bentley Wealth Partners, about their expectations for the year ahead and how culture in advice businesses has already shifted.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to bereavement, how well equipped are we personally to manage our own grief, let alone truly comfort those who are bereaved? And what happens to companies when they fail to deliver the right support and show empathy to clients who call up at their darkest hour? On this episode of the Margin Notes podcast, which qualifies for CPD, Simoney Kyriakou editor of FT Adviser, speaks with Clare Dodd, UK general manager for Empathy, a company which launched in the UK last year to help support companies and clients when it comes to bereavement. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this edition of the FT Adviser podcast, senior investment editor David Thorpe discusses the outlook for equities in 2026 with Fahad Kamal, chief investment officer at Coutts, James Burns, who runs the managed portfolio service at Evelyn Partners, and Martin Connaghan, who runs the Murray International investment trust.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FT Adviser's senior investment editor David Thorpe discusses the outlook for UK inflation and interest rates in 2026 with Bryn Jones, head of fixed income at Rathbones, Dean Cook, multi-asset investor at Aviva Investors, and Peder Beck-Friis, senior economist and vice-president at Pimco.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunil Krishnan, head of multi-asset at Aviva Investors, and Stuart Clark, portfolio manager at Quilter WealthSelect, discuss the outlook for multi-asset investing in 2026, inflation risks, drawdown portfolios and managing volatility with FT Adviser's deputy features editor Ima Jackson-Obot.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this final episode of the FT Adviser Margin Notes podcast of 2025, FT Adviser's editor Simoney Kyriakou chats with news editor Amy Austin and deputy features editor Ima Jackson-Obot about the stories that made the headlines and those that deserved deeper digging over the course of the year.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast, senior features reporter Chloe Cheung chats to Mark Spiers, managing partner at Ocorian, and Donald Reid, co-founder of Solve Partners, about the Financial Conduct Authority’s findings in its latest consolidation review, where culture was high up on the agenda.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is a widespread belief that there will no longer be a state pension in the future, which has emerged among young people. This is one of the beliefs that Young Money blog founder Iona Bain has noticed developing among generation Z and millennials, as she tells FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special Budget edition of the FT Adviser podcast news editor Amy Austin chats to Claire Trott, head of advice at SJP, Andrew Tully, technical services director at Nucleus, Eamonn Prendergast, chartered financial planner at Planatir Financial Planning, and Ian Cook, chartered financial planner at Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning, about the likely impact the Chancellor's second Budget will have on the advice industry.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dementia is one of the world's biggest killers, and perhaps one of the biggest thieves, stealing people's loved ones even before they pass away. But progress has been made in diagnosis, treatments and tests, thanks in large part to the work of Alzheimer's Society. On this year's Day for Dementia, part of the Insurance United Against Dementia Campaign (November 27), Dr Richard Oakley of Alzheimer's Society talks to editor Simoney Kyriakou of the Society's vision. This vision is for a world where dementia no longer devastates lives, aiming for Alzheimer’s disease to become a chronic condition, like diabetes or HIV, by 2050, allowing people to live a good quality of life and die with but not from the disease.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FT Adviser's Amy Austin speaks to Helena Wardle, founder and chief executive at Money Means, Joseph Twigg, chief executive of Aveni and Dickon Johnstone chief executive of Themis about how AI is being deployed and what this means for AI compliance.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

High taxation, stagnant wages and house price inflation are all challenges facing Gen Z, which is why financial education around investing and how wealth is passed down is important.FT Adviser senior editor Simoney Kyriakou speaks to Malvee Vaja, a chartered financial planner working within the Rathbones Advice team, and intern Hereward Mills bout how this is changing advice processes and why more education is needed in schools.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the most eye-catching policy proposals made by the Labour party in the run-up to the election was their pledge to build 1.5mn houses by the end of the current parliament to address the housing shortage in the country.In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast Aldermore managing director of property, Ross Dalzell, and Landmark Information Group divisional director of growth, Michael Holden, discuss the ambitious plans and their likely effects on the market.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode of the FT Adviser podcast, senior reporter Alina Khan speaks to Alan Lakey, director of Highclere Financial Services, and Derek Bradley, chief executive of Panacea Adviser, about complaints cases they have come across over the years and why they underpin a real need for a Fos longstop.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest edition of the FT Adviser podcast, senior investment editor David Thorpe chats to F&C investment trust manager Paul Niven, Arbuthnot Latham head of investment research Peter Doherty and Ashoka White Oak emerging markets investment adviser Loong Lim about the prospects for the emerging markets asset class after a strong year of performance in 2025.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest episode of the FT Adviser podcast senior reporter Tara O'Connor chats to Wealth Club's head of investment research, Jonathan Moyes, about investors' growing interest in private markets and why he is “nervous” about the use of investment trusts as a means of accessing the market. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The guests on the latest edition of the FT Adviser podcast agree that while duration will always be a very significant arbiter of returns, it is perhaps not quite to the same extent as has been in the recent past.George Fox from the Merlin multi-manager team at Jupiter, Mohammed Kazmi, fixed income strategist at UPB UK, and Ryan Myerberg, fixed income fund manager at Brown Advisory, discuss the yield opportunities in markets, and their view of high yield bonds.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can climate justice in the UK be helped by a more efficient tax system? FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou is joined by David Macdonald, founder of impact-only investment company Path Financial on the latest Margin Notes podcast. In addition to being a financial adviser, he’s a strong advocate of the need for tax reform in the UK.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast deputy news editor Sonia Rach speaks to Colin Morris, investment manager at Parmenion and Daniel Parkinson, founder of The Bitcoin IFA, to discuss the FCA's recent changes to retail consumer access to crypto exchange traded notes, what this means for safeguarding and how the UK aligns with other European financial centres.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The most significant aspect to think about when investing in private markets is the length of time a client is able to hold the asset, according to Joan Solotar, global head of Blackstone Private Wealth.Speaking with features editor Melanie Tringham, Solotar outlines her views on private markets and how retail investors should think about them, looking at time spent holding assets, how they perform and what place they should hold in one's portfolio. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast Unum CEO Mark Till joins senior reporter Tom Dunstan to discuss employee benefits, how they have changed over recent years, and what could happen to them in the future.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mortgage brokers and advisers have a “hugely important” role to play in helping more Britons on to the housing ladder, the FCA has said.Speaking on the latest FT Adviser Margin Notes videocast, David Geale, the FCA’s permanent executive director for payments and digital finance, explained the reasons the regulator is looking at the future of mortgage lending in the UK.Geale also discussed how technology and AI could be used more to help lenders and brokers in their decision-making.He said: “We see AI developing as a tool, and that can be used in different ways. It can be used to help some people with their selection. “It can help people in terms learning and help to identify customers who need support.”But as well as considering how AI and technology can shape the future of the UK’s mortgage market, Geale said even if the adviser used AI to help “streamline” the process, the role of independent advisers would always be vital in delivering personalised and tailored recommendations to would-be homeowners.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week news editor Amy Austin speaks to Justine Pattullo, chair of Flag and representative of Pension Lab and Nick Green, strategy and proposition director at Criterion, about Letters of Authorities and what can be done to improve this process.They looked at why the process is fraught with problems and why everyone will need to work together to see any real change.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The guests on the latest edition of the FT Adviser podcast retain most of their focus on the large cap part of the US market, but are cautious on the outlook for the seven stocks at the top of the index.Alex Crooke, who runs the Bankers investment trust at Janus Henderson, Jason Da Silva, multi-asset investment strategist at Arbuthnot Latham, and Dan White, who runs the M&G North America Value fund, discuss how they are finding opportunities in a US equity market trading at record highs, but also riven with uncertainty.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the FT Adviser podcast senior reporter Tom Dunstan chats to AMI head of policy Stacy Penn and St James’s Place divisional director of third party products & services, Tony Mudd, about the FCA's mortgage review, what they would like to see, what they predict will happen, and what they don't want to come out of the review.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode FT Adviser's news editor Amy Austin discusses what has changed about adviser apprenticeships and why the industry needs to be more proactive in promoting them with Tom Hegarty, chair of the New Talent Alliance, and Rachael Fennessey, founder of recruitment agency Aspire Executive Search. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when the benefits of AI meet questions of accountability and agency? Joining Margin Notes in this episode is Sarah de Lagarde, brighter future strategist for Janus Henderson, who has described herself as a “bionic woman”, and is using her voice to encourage companies to think more creatively about ways to innovate and design products and services that make things easier for everyone. The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not all advice business sales are equal and many require meticulous planning to achieve the desired result but when the right decisions are made, the outcome can be very satisfying. In this episode of the FT Adviser Better Business podcast Broadway Financial Planning's Keri Carter shares her M&A journey and what she has learned along the wayThe FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast Amy Austin looks at the evolving landscape of private equity consolidation in the financial advice industry. She chats to independent strategic adviser Tony Spain and CEO of Woven Advice Nicky Sevel, who tell her PE firms are now more focused on adding value through efficiency and vertical integration due to the rising valuations and interest rates.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During our teenage years, core beliefs are developed and nurtured - beliefs about ourselves and ways of understanding the world; ways of navigating the transition into adulthood and the development of resilience. And amidst all this are fundamental concepts about financial aptitude: saving, spending, long-term planning. But how much are young people being included in conversations about wealth and attitudes to money? How can you help your clients open and maintain effective lines of communication with teenagers about this often under-discussed subject? On this episode of the FT Adviser Editor's Podcast, special guest Jessica McGawley, founder of Dallington - a service that helps young people and their families build stronger foundations for the future - talks to editor Simoney Kyriakou.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From zoological research to heading up financial planning business Hannay Wealth, Vanessa Barnes’ career path into professional financial services is not a traditional one. She talks to editor Simoney Kyriakou on the FT Adviser Editor's Podcast about her new role as chairperson of the Women’s Wealth Alliance and why the Alliance has just launched a wide-ranging survey of the profession.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"There is so much that can be done constructively through the law," according to Dr Jocelynne Scutt. The Australian-born barrister, writer and human rights lawyer speaks to the FT Adviser Editor's Podcast about her formative years learning about women's rights and how her legal work led her to help Britain's 50s-born women in their struggle for pensions fairness.The FTAdviser Podcast is designed to inform regulated UK advisers on a range of topics, covering investments, pensions, regulation and other key issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.