Financial Services Unplugged with Tom McPhail
Business & Economics Podcasts
The lang cat‘s Tom McPhail 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. Tom is one of the industry‘s leading experts on pensions and retirement for over 20 years and former Head of Policy for the FTSE100 firm Hargreaves Lansdown. You can also find him on Twitter as @pensionsmonkey
Location:
United States
Description:
The lang cat‘s Tom McPhail 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. Tom is one of the industry‘s leading experts on pensions and retirement for over 20 years and former Head of Policy for the FTSE100 firm Hargreaves Lansdown. You can also find him on Twitter as @pensionsmonkey
Language:
English
Website:
https://tomgh.podbean.com
Episodes
Collective Defined Contribution schemes are going to save pensions
3/14/2024
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
Duration:00:47:39
Having fun on Budget Day
3/7/2024
Tom Selby and I unpick the political, fiscal and personal finance fun and games of the Budget
Duration:00:32:48
Bridging the financial guidance gap
3/1/2024
In which Robert and Charlie from Money Guided talk about how to help people manage their money better
Duration:00:44:59
A long-term savings commission
2/26/2024
Andrew Tully from Nucleus on why we need a long-term savings commission
Duration:00:33:01
How do we fix pension transfers?
1/19/2024
...in Which Dave Henderson of Penny https://pennypension.com and I offer a couple of suggestions for how to make pension transfers work better
Duration:00:19:25
The Gregg McClymont episode
1/14/2024
...in which Gregg talks to me about pension investments in infrastructure and politics from the viewpoint of an ex-shadow pensions minister.
Duration:00:32:33
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Advice Guidance Boundary Review...
12/19/2023
The FCA's proposed solutions and consultation questions analysed with expert help from Nathan Long of Hargreaves Lansdown and Michael Lawrence of Bovill. You can also read Michael's thoughts here Advice Guidance Boundary Review puts transformative change on horizon - Bovill
Duration:00:57:29
The expert view on pension dashboards
12/12/2023
Richard Smith gives the expert's view on where we're at with the development of pension dashboards, drawing on years of experience in the UK and fresh insights from across Europe.
Duration:00:50:48
How confident are we about retirement?
11/28/2023
Andy Tully joins me to talk through the Nucleus research on retirement confidence; who's confident, who isn't and the factors that affect confidence. Clue: it's really important to have a plan...
Duration:00:21:59
The Autumn Statement
11/24/2023
Another big week for pensions policy, James Dowling helps me pick out the highlights.
Duration:00:31:07
The Rishuffle and a look ahead to the Autumn Statement
11/15/2023
Tom Selby of AJ Bell helps me try and make sense of the mother of all reshuffles and we make some moderately well-informed predictions about the forthcoming Autumn Statement
Duration:00:29:35
The FCA’s Advice Guidance Boundary Review
11/8/2023
What's happening with the FCA's review of advice and guidance and where might it take us? We're expecting an announcement in the near future; in the meantime, expert insight is provided by Michael Lawrence of Bovill | financial services regulatory consultancy in UK, Asia & Americas and Nathan Long of Hargreaves Lansdown | ISAs, pensions, funds and shares (hl.co.uk).
Duration:00:43:35
What’s eating the platform sector?
9/26/2023
'...the most bruising quarter we've ever seen for advised platforms', was how my colleague Rich described the latest update on platforms. So here we talk through what's going on...
Duration:00:33:16
How Pot for Life could change auto-enrolment
9/19/2023
As part of the solution to the small pots problem, the DWP is interested in Pot for Life. This has worked well in Australia and could lead to Auto-enrolment 2.0. This episode looks at what it is, how it could work and some of the challenges that would need to be dealt with.
Duration:00:25:36
The Mansion House Reforms
7/13/2023
A quick review of some of the highlights from the multiple policy papers on pension reform published by the government this week.
Duration:00:19:28
Impending pension announcements, the FCA retirement advice review and pension transfers
7/1/2023
A quick roundup of expected pensions policy announcements, a run through of the FCA's retirement advice review and the ongoing problems with pension transfers
Investing in the Future: Boosting Savings and Prosperity for the UK (institute.global)
https://open.substack.com/pub/craigberry/p/is-it-time-to-let-the-pension-investment?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://open.substack.com/pub/craigberry/p/is-it-time-to-let-the-pension-investment-1f4?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Duration:00:22:18
Labour, pensions, party conferences
6/22/2023
What are Labour's plans for pensions and are we going to see a big bang scheme consolidation initiative? Tom Frackowiak from Cicero joins me to discuss these questions and also to talk about the alternative reality of political party conferences.
Duration:00:26:03
Radical simplification of ISAs
6/5/2023
AJ Bell are lobbying for a radical simplification of ISAs. Tom Selby explains why, and how it could work. You can also read more about it here AJ Bell calls for ISA overhaul in radical simplification of UK savings system | AJ Bell
Duration:00:26:02
Life expectancy, Covid and what they mean for pensions
5/30/2023
Stuart McDonald of LCP takes us on a brilliant canter through what's happening with life expectancy and longevity and the implications for pension provision.
Link to Stuart's report, referenced in the podcast: https://www.lcp.uk.com/pensions-benefits/publications/longevity-report-2023-a-new-era-for-longevity-insights-to-tailor-your-journey/
Duration:00:36:03
The Advice Gap
5/24/2023
Mike Barrett and I explore the barriers to people getting more financial advice and we look at hybrid advice with Chet Velani of EV.
You can download Mike's report here ADVICE GAP REPORT - the lang cat (langcatfinancial.co.uk)
Duration:00:34:02