Back for his second visit to the IFA Talk Studio, our guest this week is Jonathan Stinton, Head of Intermediary Relationships at Coventry Building Society.

Coventry has recently produced an influential report entitled “Beyond the Bricks” which looks in detail at what a green housing market really would look like. It’s an interesting conversation and one we think you’ll enjoy. 

Helping older clients to raise finance is becoming an increasingly important part of the advice process.  Our guest on IFA Talk today is Kay Westgarth, Sales Director at Standard Life Home Finance. Kay is highly experienced in this area and is keen to raise awareness amongst advisers of the range of later life finance options for the over-55s. 

In this eco-friendly edition of our IFA Talk Mortgage and Property special podcast, Sue and Brandon have two great guests to share their knowledge and insight about retrofitting homes and installing energy-saving tech – and the financing of such projects. 

Rich Horner, Head of Individual Protection at MetLife UK is Sue and Brandon’s guest on this week’s IFA Talk podcast and is particularly focused on growing the reputation and take up of protection products as a key part of the financial planning process. 

On this week’s podcast, Jenny and Brandon speak to Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainability Research at Morningstar. Morningstar has recently undertaken some useful research U.K. Sustainability Disclosure Requirements: An early analysis | Morningstar, to explore what the landscape of UK sustainability-labelled funds may look like in the future.

This week’s IFA talk is a Budget Special! Where we highlight the changes announced in yesterday’s Spring Budget 2024 that advisers need to be most aware of. 

Joining Jenny and Sue this week is Steph Willcox, Head Actuary at Dynamic Planner. Bringing a wealth of knowledge about the financial services industry, Steph shares what impact she thinks the Budget announcements will have on adviser and client conversations. 

National Conveyancing Week (NCW) will take place between the 11th and 15th of March this year and the organisers David Opie, Managing Director of Today’s Media and Rob Hailstone, CEO and Founder of Bold Legal Group, spend some time with Jenny and Brandon on this week’s IFA Talk, to help shine a light on the conveyancing profession. 

With the tax year-end in sight, Sue and Brandon’s podcast guest on IFA Talk this week is Cat McInally, an investment specialist at M&G Wealth.

Their conversation with Cat explores important themes such as why gifting is becoming more popular recently, what are the gifting rules advisers need to be aware of and also what might be some of the barriers that exist to clients being prepared to make gifts.  

In this week’s IFA Talk podcast, Sue and Brandon are looking at the world of technology, how the use of tech has changed so dramatically in recent years within both insurance and mortgage brokerages and also about how AI is already manifesting across the lending and insurance spectrum. 

For this week’s IFA Talk TEI Special podcast, the first in our new series, our focus turns to VCTs. Joining Matt and Sue on the podcast is Mark O’Donnell, Head of Research at MICAP. 

MICAP are part of Defaqto and are the leading provider of research and reporting solutions for financial advisers recommending tax-advantaged products like VCTs.