The Advice Show
Exclusive interviews and lively chat with a diverse mix of figures from the financial planning profession, personal finance and financial services.
GAGP Special: Big companies like Quilter are buffering the FSCS
Phil Young joins Ollie Smith to discuss advice fees in the precarious age of FSCS levies, FCA action and DB danger.
GAGP Special: how one IFA got a worse deal by moving to one platform
NMA chief reporter Jack Gilbert is joined by NextWealth managing director Heather Hopkins for the first in a special series of Summer podcasts as part of our Great Advice Great Profession initiative.
Forget the boomers, it's Gen X that is going to really need equity release
Ollie Smith is joined by Tisa strategy director Charles McReady to discuss the increasing popularity of equity release.
The lie of the land with charitable giving - in support of Teenage Cancer Trust
Lauren Janus joins Ollie Smith to discuss whether charitable giving would be so attractive were it not for its tax efficiency.
Suitability spotlight: 'If you don't get caught by SMCR or Mifid II, you'll get caught by Prod'
Paul Resnik joins Ollie Smith to discuss suits, suitability, and to swear a bit.
The trials and tribulations of Neil Woodford: will he turn it around?
Ollie Smith is joined by veteran Citywire journalist Dan Grote to discuss the plight of fund manager Neil Woodford.
The ticking clock of pension transfer times
Interim host Jack Gilbert is joined by Pensionbee chief executive Romina Savova to discuss pension transfer times.
How NMA editor Will Robins became the client of a life planning firm
In a podcast feast, NMA editor Will Robins reveals to George Kinder that he is undergoing life planning with a financial adviser.
Are there any Easter eggs in the FCA's annual business plan?
Ollie Smith is joined by NMA chief reporter Jack Gilbert to unpack the Financial Conduct Authority's annual business plan.
'If you're going to sell your advice business, get to the front of the queue'
In the second part of our special podcast on selling advice businesses, broker Peter Trotman returns to update Ollie Smith on the threats to the advice consolidation market.
'The regulator's given us 8/10': inside the platform market study
Ollie Smith and Jack Gilbert are joined by 7IM head of intermediary Verona Kenny to discuss the implications of the platform market study.
We need to do more on ethics: the CISI talks financial planning exams
The ethics element to advisers' training is not yet strong enough, according to this week's podcast guest, Jackie Lockie, head of financial planning at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
'Leaders need humility': AAB CEO talks company culture with NMA
This week AAB Wealth chief executive Fraser Porter joins features editor Natasha Turner and UK head of audience development Ian Horne to discuss company culture.
'I thought: I can't do this anymore': mental health in financial services
Ollie Smith is joined by Lang Cat director of consulting Steve Nelson to discuss what more we can do to break down the taboo of poor mental health in the financial services.
Vulnerable clients: don’t wait on the regulator for solutions
In anticipation of further regulatory scrutiny regarding how financial services firms help vulnerable clients, Ollie Smith sits down with Canada Life technical director Andrew Tully and AJ Bell senior analyst Tom Selby to talk about the practicalities of protecting people who are vulnerable.
Valentine's Day Special: Is Britain's retirement romance on the rocks?
On the most romantic day of the year, Ollie Smith is joined by former BlackRock head of UK retail Tony Stenning to examine the great British love affair with retirement. But is the relationship on the rocks?
Mind the gap: inside gender and pay in financial advice
NMA features editor Natasha Turner is joined by paygaps.com chief commercial officer Innes Miller to discuss the gender pay gap in financial advice.
Why the pensions dashboard must be funded by an industry levy
Smart Pension director of policy Darren Philp sits down with Talya Misiri and Ollie Smith to discuss the implications of the government’s consultation on the pensions dashboard.
Mifid II turns one: 'this is the one rule that is absolutely barking...'
Ollie Smith is joined by the Lang Cat's Mike Barrett for this podcast examining one year of Mifid II. Expect a bizarre quiz, incisive analysis, and the revelation that Barrett has never seen The Lord of the Rings films.
Conference special: giving financial advice a health check
Regular NMA contributors Jeannie Boyle and Darren Lloyd Thomas sit down with Ollie Smith to put financial advice through a health check. Expect some home truths, ethical insight and - of course - the usual quiz.