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Episodes
Unlocking investment to support net zero transition
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bruno Gardner, Head of Climate Change and Nature at Phoenix Group, and Connar McBain, Head of Group Public Affairs at Phoenix Group, join the podcast ...
How can psychology support financial planning?
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Murguia, CEO of RISA (Retirement Income Style Awareness), joins us from the US to discuss how the tool supports financial planning for his client...
How do advised clients feel about retirement?
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Mayor, Senior Analyst at the Lang Cat, joins Louise Doherty, Head of Wholesale and Product Marketing at Standard Life, and Mike Ambery, Retiremen...
What is the future of retirement income advice?
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The past ten to 15 years has seen significant change in the retirement income advice market as the way people approach retirement has changed. Pete Co...
What is the future of modern retirement?
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Haylett, Director at TFP Financial Planning and Claire Altman, MD of Individual Retirement at Standard Life, talk about the more human side of ret...
Private markets: what do they mean for pension savers?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Mansion House compact marked a significant commitment amongst pension providers and other institutions in the UK towards improving outcomes for sa...
Private markets: what is the opportunity for the UK pensions industry?
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UK pensions industry has historically allocated very little DC pension investment into private markets. Yet when we look to our peers in Australia...
2025 macroeconomic outlook
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2024 was hailed the year of the election, but what will the results mean for the economic outlook? And what trends can we anticipate for 2025? Find ou...
Pensions dashboards: how much difference will they really make?
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pensions dashboards should boost people's engagement with retirement savings. But a lot will depend on how you can access the data. And we might end u...
Retirement income: what help do people really need?
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making decisions about retirement income is tough. The stakes are high, the options plentiful – yet people often receive little or no help. So how c...
Former pensions ministers on regrets, successes and why the UK system has to change
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Opperman, former UK pensions minister, and Nick Sherry, former Australia pensions minister, discuss adequacy, Value for Money, Mansion House, trus...
The future of retirement income: what needs to change?
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can the pensions industry ensure people get the right guidance and advice when they retire? And are the right products available to provide both c...
Small pots: does Australia’s stapling model provide the answers?
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Australia they don't suffer from small pots and employees have more say over the choice of pension fund. But not everything about their system is r...
Value for Money: should the UK emulate Australia's performance test?
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does the UK's Value for Money framework lack teeth? If so, what might we learn from Australia's more penal performance test? Find out in our discussio...
When it comes to illiquid investments, can the UK emulate Australia?
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Australia, illiquid investments are more common and average pension returns are higher. So what does this indicate about the likely success of Mans...
Retirement solutions: lessons from Australia
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to retirement income, how does the UK compare to other markets? Is it a global problem? And what are the short- and long-term solutions?...
The year of elections: what it means for pensions and investments
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year national elections are being held in at least 64 countries – representing around half of the world’s population, and over 60% of global ...
UK political and economic trends: what they mean for pension reform
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What’s changed economically since the general election? How do overseas investors perceive the UK? And what pension reforms would we like to see in ...
Saving habits: what can we learn from the US?
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We chatted to David John, US pensions and retirement expert, about emergency savings, spending behaviours during retirement, and why some retirees rea...
What the US presidential election could mean for UK pensions
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We chat about Biden vs. Trump, ESG, pension reform and financial planning with David John, US pensions and retirement expert.
What the UK can learn about auto-enrolment from New Zealand
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two leading experts on pension reform (Susan St John, Honorary Associate Professor, and Claire Dale, Research Fellow, both from the University of Auck...
Financial wellness: what UK employers can learn from the US
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Financial wellness has been a hot topic in recent years, but what does it actually mean? And how can employers be sure the support they provide to emp...
The cost-of-living crisis – what comes next?
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are we facing another lost decade in living standards? And, if so, what might this mean for interest rates, mortgage repayments and the labour market ...
Challenges facing the UK pension system: Is it time for a new review?
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sangita Chawla, Chief Marketing Officer at Standard Life, talked with Paul Johnson, Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, to discuss the recen...
Pension dashboards - what are the opportunities and risks?
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to two world-leading experts on pension dashboards – from Sweden and Denmark – to understand how pension dashboards in the UK might affec...
How the UK’s economic challenges may affect us in years to come
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sangita Chawla, CMO of Standard Life, speaks to Paul Johnson, CBE, Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, about shrinking household incomes, ri...
Lessons from Australian pensions market
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss Australia’s pension system with the Honourable Nick Sherry, former Australian Minister for Superannuation and Senator fo...