Darren and Nico chat to Agewage CEO and prolific pensions blogger Henry Tapper. We learn why Henry became known as the Pension Ploughman, how he stumbled into his pensions career, and, of course, discussed Henry's views on the recent V-FM consultation.

Is supporting Yeovil Town value for money? Listen to this episode to find out!

In this week's episode of V-FM: Pensions, Nico and Darren chat to former Pensions Minister Gregg McClymont about politics, pensions, scale and, of course, value for money.

In this special episode of V-FM: Pensions your hosts Nico Aspinall and Darren Philp talk about the DWP's DC pensions value for money consultation launched on Monday 30th January 2023. Is it a hit or a miss? Will it move the VFM dial in DC pensions?

Nico and Darren talk to Amanda Latham who used to work at the Pensions Regulator and now works on strategy at the consultancy Barnett Waddingham. A wide ranging chat including talking about how Amanda got into pensions, the use of offsets, and an idea to set up a new national pensions service to provide more support and help to people in managing their retirement, delivering more value for money to more people.

Nico and Darren talk to the one and only David Farrar who worked on workplace pensions at the Department for Work and Pensions for 7 years. We chat to David about his time at DWP and his role in the various VFM initiatives that we are still discussing now (including the charge cap).

Nico and Darren talk to David Butcher, independent trustee, about his story, value for money and the role that mindfulness plays in David's life from both a personal perspective, but also in terms of how it leads to better outcomes and decision-making.

When two pension geeks have an idea (developed over a few pints) to start a Podcast on value for money in pensions: V-FM.

In this Pilot Episode Nico Aspinall and Darren Philp chat about value for money and why they have set up this weekly show.

Next week Darren and Nico will be joined by our first guest, David Butcher, Trustee of the Scottish Widows' and People's Pension Mastertrusts.