Citywire The Advice Show

The Advice Show

Exclusive interviews and lively chat with a diverse mix of figures from the financial planning profession, personal finance and financial services.
Occasionally English United Kingdom Business · Investing
303 Episodes
100 – 120

The making of Panorama’s mini-bond scandal film

Panorama explored the failure of Blackmore Bond in ‘The Billion Pound Savings Scandal’ last week. It featured NMA’s Deputy Editor Jack Gilbert. We speak to Jack about the making of the film.
22 Aug 2022 17 min

‘Social media algorithms favour bad advice’

The likes of Facebook, Google and TikTok are cracking down on fraudulent financial services advertising, but are they doing enough to stop scams? In this episode of The Advice Show, ‘finfluencer’ Alex Stedman shares how pertinent fraudulent financial promotions are on social media and evaluates the measures in place to…
8 Aug 2022 20 min

Microservices: the future of platforms?

Microservices is a type of software architecture used in building investment platforms. Instead of having a big lump of software, you have smaller components that can be swiftly updated. With two microservices experts, we discuss what benefits this new development could bring to advisers.
1 Aug 2022 19 min

Phoenix Files episode 2: FCA enters fray as IFA misselling begins

In episode two of Citywire New Model Adviser's special podcast series about the British Steel Pension Scheme scandal, senior reporter James Fitzgerald speaks with an affected steelworker and the FCA about the sort of unsuitable advice that was given by some IFAs who rushed down to advise steelworkers before and…
11 Jul 2022 15 min

Phoenix Files Episode 1: British Steel workers’ time to choose

For the next four weeks, The Advice Show will be off air. Instead, Citywire New Model Adviser’s chief reporter James Fitzgerald has produced a special podcast series called The Phoenix Files, which includes testimony from steelworkers, pensions experts, the FCA and IFAs on how the British Steel Pension Scheme unfolded and…
4 Jul 2022 24 min

Are we going back to the 1970s?

Are we jumping back 50 years, with inflation and political upheaval taking centre stage again? Attendees at the Citywire Midlands Retreat weigh in on what makes this current situation different.
20 Jun 2022 8 min

Four-day work weeks boost productivity, says Beaufort AR

This week, 70 UK companies began a six month trial of a four-day working week. But a shorter working week is nothing new for Beaufort Financial Planning. In this episode of The Advice Show, director Gwilym Lloyd Jones discusses why a four-day week has been a success at his firm.
13 Jun 2022 19 min

Podcast: China attractive despite risks, says Progeny fund research lead

In this episode, Progeny's head of research, Robert Harrison, said China is looking 'more interesting' as a region to invest in, despite the continued lockdowns and ongoing economic uncertainties. And Harrison and Jamie Ward, head of investment solutions at AJ Bell, discuss why the UK has become an increasingly attractive…
27 May 2022 23 min

'Kick the ESG can down the road, and the more costly it will be'

Advice firms should not divest their climate-unfriendly assets and could do more to direct clients’ investments in to sustainable funds, according to a senior policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. At Citywire's inaugural Impact Retreat, Danae Kyriakopoulou spoke to reporter Nicola about the…
20 May 2022 14 min

Fix the Future: The megatrends driving the best fund managers

How do you analyse a universe of 8,000 stocks being picked by the world's best performing fund managers? That is a question Dan Grote and Algy Hall have been answering with their new Fix the Future project for Citywire. Here they explain to us the thinking behind their analysis and…
19 May 2022 24 min

Investing in healthcare for positive impact, with Chris Welsford

ESG or impact fund managers often hold healthcare stocks because they align with the United Nations’ third Sustainable Development Goal: to ‘ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’. However, many larger healthcare companies have controversies to their name, ranging from charges of bribery to poor care…
12 May 2022 26 min

What advisers should know about decentralised finance

In this episode of the Advice Show, reporter Chloé Meley speaks to two decentralised finance experts, Caroline Hughes and Lavinia Osbourne, about where DeFi opportunities lie for the UK in general and for the financial services sector in particular.
6 May 2022 31 min

How the (mis)use of lead generation services impacts trust in financial advice

In this episode of the Advice Show, Citywire New Model Adviser reporter Chloe Meley speaks to founder of Contact State Alain Desmier and director of Vision Business Advisers Peter Trotman about why lead generation in the advice industry should be better regulated, and why due diligence on the part of…
22 Apr 2022 31 min

Podcast: An ESG whistleblower's vision for the responsible investment industry

Desiree Fixler was formerly the group sustainability officer at German asset manager DWS. But after accusing DWS of publishing misleading information about its ESG integration and assets, she was fired. In this interview, Fixler shares her story, unpicks common issues within the ESG investment universe, and calls for a reform…
19 Apr 2022 44 min
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