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Have you been making progress with your new year's resolutions? If sorting out your finances was top of that list, we’re here to help you along. We've been digging into some of our best-loved episodes for nuggets of financial wisdom. Listen as our guests share insights on some of the most common financial resolutions and how you can stick to them. 

 

Join our host, Philippa Lamb and our expert guests as they discuss tracking down pensions, getting started with investing and asking for a payrise. Tune in to hear the best bits from the following episodes:

• E32: How to understand your pension balance with Tim Hogg, Faith Archer and Alex Langley
• E27: The cost of friendship with Dr. Tara Quinn, Niaz Azad and Brooke Day
• E21: Why don’t women invest? With Ayesha Ofori, Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen and Lara Oyesanya FRSA
• E23: Common financial mistakes and how to avoid them with Lynn Beattie, Ola Majekodunmi and Jasper Martens
• E25: How to earn more money with Natalie Campbell MBE, Lynn Anderson Clark and Priyal Kanabar

  Episode breakdown:

00:28 Tracking down old pensions

02:55 Balancing spending and socialising 

05:33 The art of saying ‘no’

07:37 Getting started with investing 

10:06 Prioritising saving over sales 

12:42 How to ask for a pay rise

 

Further reading, listening and watching:

To learn more about finances and pensions, check out these articles, podcasts and videos from PensionBee:

• Episode transcript 
• Why aren’t women investing? 
• Why closing the gender investing gap matters for impact investing
• Can financial education platforms help close the gender financial literacy gap?
• How important is financial independence?
• How can we improve financial health amongst women?
• Building your financial resilience
• Episode 3: How do we tackle the gender pension gap? (Podcast)
• How to check your pension contributions
• Rethinking your pension savings during the cost of living crisis
• Six ways to start talking about money
• Five steps to plotting your personal finance roadmap
• Bonus episode: Relationships and money (Podcast)
• How to talk about money
• Six ways to manage your money and your mental health
• Six ways to start talking about money
• What is the impact of debt on mental health?
• E29: Pensions vs. cash - which is best? (Podcast)
• E26: Are you ready for your 100-year life? (Podcast)
• E18: How to not run out of money in retirement (Podcast)
• E11: How to prepare for a happy retirement (Podcast)
• How are pensions invested?
• How can I find my pensions?
• How to look after your financial wellbeing in 2024
• How to understand your pension balance

 

Other useful resources:

• Propelle
• Female Invest
• The history of women and money (GoHenry)
• Equal Pay Act 1970 (GOV.UK)
• Girls get less pocket money than boys (Netmums)
• Girls just wanna have funds (Female Invest book)
• Is the wealth gap ruining friendships? (Guardian)
• A third of people are owed money by friends and family (Starling)
• Why the “f*ck it” mentality is harming friendships (Refinery29)
• Splitwise
• How do I find lost pensions? (Gretel)
• Pension Calculator (PensionBee)
• Pension Tracing Service (GOV.UK)
• The Retirement Living Standards (Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association)
• What is the fresh start effect? (The Behavioral Scientist)

 

 

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