• Financial Advice in a Consumer Duty world
    Aug 29 2024

    ...in which Catriona McInally of M&G Wealth and I discuss Consumer Duty, Lifestyle planning, vulnerable customers, segmentation, ponies and the Scottish Highlands

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    35 mins
  • Will pensions be Dashboard ready? Data quality, member ID and false passports
    Aug 23 2024

    James Slevin of Target (targetprofessional.co.uk) joins me to discuss the challenges of pension scheme data management, the pension dashboard, member identification and...how to get a false passport...

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    31 mins
  • Adequacy and resilience - what are we aiming for?
    Aug 13 2024

    The excellent Nathan Long of Hargreaves Lansdown talks through with me the Government's pension review, retirement adequacy and its complexities, financial resilience and the work they've done tracking it and we finish with a look ahead to the Budget on 30th October.

    HL Savings and Resilience Barometer | July 2024 | HL

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    51 mins
  • The Pensions Bill, the new government and insights from Australia
    Aug 2 2024

    Mike Ambery from Standard Life joins me to talk about what the new government is up to and what he learned on his recent research trip to Australia

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Advice Gap 2024
    Jul 9 2024

    The 2024 Advice Gap report is the definitive guide to the advice market, the dynamics of the sector and the impact of the FCA's Consumer Duty. Co-author and colleague Mike Barrett is here to explain all. You can download a copy of the report here The Advice Gap 2024 - The Lang Cat

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    37 mins
  • A blueprint to fix the UK's pension system
    Jun 22 2024

    Michael Johnson sets out a radical and thought-provoking vision for reform of the UK's state, workplace and individual pensions, with a view to simplicity and long-term sustainability. Pensions: a vision for the future - Social Market Foundation. (smf.co.uk)

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • What's the next government got planned for our income and savings
    Jun 17 2024

    My colleague Alison Gay and I review the party manifestos published to date and consider the key personal finance promises

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    33 mins
  • Letters of Authority, the worst pension admin problem that isn't being fixed
    Jun 11 2024

    Scott Phillips of the Pension Lab joins me to talk about Dashboards, the surprisingly dysfunctional LOA system and what some in the industry are trying to do about it

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    23 mins