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Financial Services Unplugged

The lang cat talks with industry experts and insiders about pensions and investments, regulation, technology, politics and policy-making. Grown-up financial services insights for people who work here.

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28:42

Platforms, with Nick Raine of Soderberg

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/12/17

Nick drops in to talk about the platform sector, technology, Soderberg and doing things differently and about the new Platform Association

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51:06

The investment episode with Ben Kumar

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/12/12

7IM's Ben Kumar talks with me about geopolitics, investment risk management, regulatory change and lots more

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46:51

How the government is reshaping the UK's pension system

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/11/21

The Government has BIG PLANS for pensions, after the Chancellor's Mansion House speech we got to see a clearer picture of where they want to take us. Redington's brilliant Russell Wright joins me to reflect on the Value for Money framework and how it intersects with this next round of consultations...

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39:15

The model portfolio episode

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/11/19

Alex Funk of Portfoliometrix and I discuss the world of DFMs and MPS, and the implications of the Budget and the US Trumpquake

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38:53

News round up and an interview with IFA Nicola Ellis

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/10/23

A quick round up of all the many current retail financial services policy initiatives and a chat with IFA and cash-flow modelling aficionado Nicola Ellis of Wellington Wealth

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47:56

A cornucopia of pension news

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/10/04

Nathan Long of HL joins me for a rich feast of pension news: party conferences, the Value for Money framework, the government pensions review, the latest FCA data and a look ahead to the Budget.

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39:10

The Behavioural Economics episode

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/10/02

Ryan Murphy of Morningstar talks through with me behavioural theory and some of the practical insights that can lead to better investing outcomes

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34:36

Financial Advice in a Consumer Duty world

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/08/29

...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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31:09

Will pensions be Dashboard ready? Data quality,...

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/08/23

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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50:32

Adequacy and resilience - what are we aiming for?

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/08/13

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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01:02:00

The Pensions Bill, the new government and insights...

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/08/02

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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36:33

The Advice Gap 2024

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/07/09

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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01:22:36

A blueprint to fix the UK's pension system

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/06/22

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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32:35

What's the next government got planned for our income...

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/06/17

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

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23:21

Letters of Authority, the worst pension admin problem...

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/06/11

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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42:18

Election pensions

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/06/06

Rachel Vahey of AJ Bell talks with me about the Triple Lock, the LTA, Pension Freedoms and the advice/guidance boundary review

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36:02

Financial advice firms, recruitment, AI, DEI

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/05/31

FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou and the future for financial advice firms

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53:41

Everything you ever wanted to know about getting rid...

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/05/23

What should have been simple has proved to be anything but; HMRC has created a new way to inflict misery on unsuspecting pension savers. Jon Greer from Quilter gently explains everything we need to know. We also discuss what a new Labour government might do with the rules.

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47:39

Collective Defined Contribution schemes are going to...

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/03/14

Adrian Boulding makes a compelling case, not just why CDC schemes are a good idea but also, crucially how they are actually going to happen

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32:48

Having fun on Budget Day

Financial Services Unplugged ·

2024/03/07

Tom Selby and I unpick the political, fiscal and personal finance fun and games of the Budget

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