The challenge of managing multiple pension pots is becoming increasingly common.

Lisa Picardo, chief business officer at PensionBee, and Andrew Marker, chair of the cross-industry initiative Star, join deputy news editor Sonia Rach to discuss why pension transfers remain a critical part of improving engagement with retirement savings — and where the system is still falling short.

The group also look at the current problems facing pension transfers and the barriers that can prevent savers from consolidating their pensions. 

Read more on the topic through FT Adviser's campaign: Tidy Up Transfers.

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Delays to transfers and confusing correspondence are just some of the reasons why the Financial Conduct Authority has turned its attention to bereaved clients.

The FCA is reviewing how advisers and platforms handle bereaved customers, looking at service levels, fees and support offered.

In an exclusive interview with FT Adviser, Kate Tuckley, head of department, consumer investments at the FCA, said the regulator was looking at processes from end to end in this space to improve client outcomes.

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The strength of the international supply chain is “impressive”, but a crisis in any region can ripple down through to what we see on the shelves — and what we can afford. 

With us to discuss what overlapping climate, geopolitical and social risks can mean for investors is Trisha Mani, senior project manager within the ILG, at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

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Fixed mortgage rates have already risen since July and now the Bank of England has drawn up three scenarios for the future of the base rate as the war in Iran rages on. FT Adviser senior reporter Tom Dunstan chats with John Charcol's Raymond Bulger and Openwork's Scott Taylor-Barr about the impact of the Iran conflict on mortgages in the UK and what lies ahead.

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On this episode of Margin Notes, FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou speaks with Sergei Cristo, author of new research from the University of Buckingham, which has revealed more than 400 SFDR-badged funds were deliberately investing in Russia right up to the February 2022 invasion, even as tanks were rolling to the border. This was not an inadvertent allocation: data shows these ESG funds deliberately added more exposure to Russian bonds and Russian companies to capitalise on rising yields and stock prices weeks after Putin had declared his intention to invade.

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UK equities will always be a material part of an income portfolio, but valuations are not quite as cheap as they were. FT Adviser senior investments editor David Thorpe chats with Nick Stanhope, senior portfolio manager at Morningstar, Hillary Blandy who runs the Jupiter Monthly Income Bond fund, and Stuart Rhodes, manager of the M&G Global Dividend fund, about constructing income portfolios in the current climate

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In this episode of the FT Adviser podcast reporter Hereward Mills and senior investment editor David Thorpe chat to international adviser Jeremy Harding, head of wealth management at Norman K. London, about the rise of international advice and what impact geopolitical events like the conflict in the Middle East are having on the market.

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On the latest episode of Margin Notes, Simoney Kyriakou, editor of FT Adviser, speaks with Steve Lamb, chief executive of Kyckr, about the problems UK companies face when it comes to really knowing your clients, and how to avoid ever-more punitive fines.

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On this episode of Margin Notes, Radu Tunaru, professor of finance and risk management at Henley Business School, tells FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou that we could see highly impactful errors due to an over-reliance on AI modelling, and regulators might not be ready to act.

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Cyber warfare is very real, and far more prevalent than you might think. In this podcast, a specialist talks about how to protect everything from your phone apps to your client’s data. On this episode of Margin Notes, Heligan Group's Adam Irwin talks to FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou about how to prevent digital attacks on your business and on your clients.

This podcast qualifies for 40 minutes’ of CPD, bank your answers online at ftadviser.com

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