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Your pension should be your top priority this year. Tom McPhail, pensions expert at The Lang Cat and former Head of Policy at Hargreaves Lansdown, explains how to calculate what you'll need to retire, whether you can count on a state pension, and maximise returns without extra contributions. This is what we think you need to get your pension sorted out. Our previous episode with Tom is called ' Will you be hit by the pensions crisis?' listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gJm3v9d9K6cEiAzcfI8Z9?si=5fae24feba054ca3
As a bonus episode, we're bringing listeners of The Story an episode from the new Money Podcast from The Times. Rachel Reeves' first budget raised taxes by more than expected, borrowed more than predicted, and brought higher taxes on employers than forecast. But now, Holly is at hand with a podcast pick-me-up! It is time to get down to brass tacks as she is joined by experts whose job is to help you understand money better.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestoryGuests: Chris Etherington, tax analyst.Tom McPhail, pensions expert.Jo Noble, Money Editor, The Times and Sunday Times.Host: Holly Mead, Deputy Money Editor, The Times and Sunday Times. Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss pension drawdown with Tom McPhail, formerly the lead pensions spokesman for the investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown. He also led an external review of the Money and Pensions Service on behalf of the UK government's Department for Work and Pensions. They tackle what drawdown is and how to avoid getting ripped off. But first, we have a look ahead to the autumn budget and what changes to pension pots could be on the horizon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tom McPhail is a pensions industry expert. Former Head of Policy at Hargreaves Lansdown he now works for finance consultancy firm Lang Cat. We can't talk enough about the pension's crisis. Most people aren't saving enough for the life they are going to want and something has to be done about it. We cover the big questions: why is there a problem, how much we really need to be saving and will the state pension even exist when you retire? We even cover what's more important: a house or your pension.
In this episode of V-FM Pensions hosts Darren and Nico chat to pensions industry legend and all round PR and policy superstar Tom McPhail. Tom is Director of Public Affairs at the Langcat and also is an external adviser at Guiide. This episode covers tax relief and the IFS proposals for the LTA, a good discussion about politics and pensions, fiduciary duty as a barrier to investing for the good of people and the planet... and a whole host more. We discuss the Barbie movie and Tom's new AI generated X (Twitter) picture, why he decided to self brand as the Pensions Monkey and, of course, we find out what value for money means to Tom. A cracking chat!
A general election in the UK has been called for July 4. What does that mean for your money—and is there anything you can (or should) do in advance of a possible tide of new policy?Those are the questions host Merryn Somerset Webb and senior reporter John Stepek explore with guests Helen Thomas, chief executive of macroeconomic consultancy BlondeMoney, and Tom McPhail, director of public affairs at The Lang Cat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The regulator's latest data on the retirement income market showed there continues to be a trend of less people taking advice when entering drawdown. There was also less people taking guidance when buying annuities or entering their pots in general.Joining FT Adviser news editor Amy Austin to delve into the data and discuss what it means are Tom Mcphail, director of public affairs at the Lang Cat and Mark Ormston, director of propositions and corporate partnerships at Retirement Line. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Last month the Financial Conduct Authority announced it would be carrying out a thematic review into retirement income advice.The regulator said that, given the wider range of retirement options available, it is "vital" consumers get good advice at the point they first access their pension savings and on an ongoing basis.So what should advisers expect from this review? FTAdviser news editor Amy Austin talks to Toby Bentley, a financial adviser at Lathe & Co, and Tom McPhail, director of public affairs at the Lang Cat, to find out.The FTAdviser Podcast is the podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests fro the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Was the Bank of England right to intervene in gilt markets in the autumn, as hell broke loose across markets? Cartwright director of investment consulting Sam Roberts makes the case against the central bank's bond-buying programme. The Lang Cat director of public affairs Tom McPhail, meanwhile, shares his thoughts on the Autumn Statement and the future of the triple lock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Last month, in the Queen's speech, the government announced plans to bring in new legislation to "strengthen" the UK's financial services industry and ensure it acts "in the interest of all people and communities". This will be achieved through a financial services and markets bill which will be introduced the coming year.In this week's podcast, FTAdviser deputy editor Damian Fanato speaks to Langcat director of public affairs Tom McPhail and Pimfa director of government relations and policy Tim Fassam on future of the financial services market bill and what the impact will be. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Podcast: Industry consensus is needed to support a “pot follows member” solution to the small pots problem, previous attempts to solve it having failed, says Henry Tapper, executive chair of AgeWage. He is joined by Tom McPhail, director of public affairs at the Lang Cat, to discuss small pots, commercial consolidators, and more McCloud woe for the Local Government Pension Scheme. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we're talking consumer financial engagement with Tom McPhail, Director of Public Affairs at research consultancy the Lang Cat. In a previous role, Tom spent a decade as Head of policy at investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown. In this episode, we cover the transition to individual responsibility for pensions and savings in the UK, the role of regulation and policy interventions, and the different organisations trying to support individuals with investment and money advice. Tom shares his views on the FCA and financial product regulation in the UK over recent decades.
Pensions minister Guy Opperman has said his next plans for reform involve legislating for simpler pension statements, including a "statement season" when everyone receives their pension information at the same time of year.Opperman said he wanted it to become normal for people would meet in a place such as a pub and have a frank conversation about their pensions with their friends.But should this be Opperman's priority? And what impact, if any, could pension statements and a "statement season" have?This week reporter Amy Austin is joined by former pensions minister and current partner at LCP Steve Webb and Tom McPhail, director of public affairs at the Lang Cat, to discuss the proposals.The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week it's the turn of Parmenion senior investment manager and all-round ESG guru Mollie Thornton. We talk to Mollie about what next after COP26, and whether the conference can be judged as a success or a failure. As you'd expect, we also look at how the world of ESG investing is evolving, plus the various policy initiatives at play and the specific developments advisers and planners should be paying attention to. For due diligence support, market insight from the lang cat and more, visit https://platformanalyser.thelangcat.com/blog. Go premium for full Platform Analyser access. Presented by Tom McPhail. Produced by Ross Burns.
In our launch episode, we chat to AJ Bell head of retirement policy Tom Selby about what it's like to work for a big platform business, the gender pay and investment gap and the Budget and pension tax reform. We also discuss the Treasury's back and forth (aka the ‘reverse ferret') on the normal minimum pension age, and touch on what came out of COP26 for financial services firms. Check out Tom McPhail's Platform Analyser article on the implications of the age 57 rules: https://platformanalyser.thelangcat.com/blog/how-the-new-age-57-rules-will-change-pensions Presented by Tom McPhail. Produced by Ross Burns.
Shifting demographics and the nature of our ageing population pose some particular social challenges. In this episode, Aviva head of savings and retirement Alistair McQueen explores some of these issues, and why Aviva is looking to champion the interests of older workers (a subject close to the heart of 50-something podcast host Tom McPhail). Alistair and Tom also reflect on the changing dynamics between people, their employer and the state, as well as some of the ways we can start to close the advice gap. For due diligence support, market insight from the lang cat and more, visit https://platformanalyser.thelangcat.com/blog. Go premium for full Platform Analyser access. Presented by Tom McPhail. Produced by Ross Burns.
He's the ubiquitous face of pension policy beloved of national newspapers and trade magazines alike, us included. But now he's moving on. In just a few weeks, Hargreaves Lansdown head of policy Tom McPhail will be moving to a lobbying role at e-bike distributor Pure Electric. After such an illustrious career, we wanted to ask McPhail what his biggest highs and lows have been, and, of course, wish him all the very best for the future.
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Hargreaves Lansdown's head of retirement policy Tom McPhail joins New Model Adviser® staffers Jack Gilbert and Ollie Smith to talk Carillion, blame and Philip Greens.
This series, from 1983, gave me a chance to ponder issues, concerning the power and responsibility of journalistic media, that had preoccupied me every since I had begun working for CBC Radio twelve years before. Two "hooks" provided the occasion. The first was the calling of a Royal Commission to consider the problem of growing monopoly in the newspaper business. This was the Kent Commission, after commissioner Tom Kent, which reported in 1981. The second was the publication, in 1980, of the book which gave the series its title, Anthony Smith's The Geo-Politics of Information, a book on the clamour in what was then generally called the Third World for a New World Information Order, so-called, one not totally dominated by Western media. Both of these question are addressed - the history (and myth) of the free press in Part One, the New World Information Order debate in Part Two - but the series also allowed me to go further. Part Three looks at foreign news and draws heavily on the work of Noam Chomsky and Edward Said. Chomsky had recently published, with Edward Herman, a two volume work called The Political Economy of Human Rights, which had had a huge influence in shaping my view of media. In these books Chomsky and Herman show how a nominally free press faithfully reproduces what they call "imperial ideology." Said, for his part, had just brought out Covering Islam, a book in which he brought the thesis of his celebrated Orientalism into the present with a consideration of contemporary news coverage of Islamic countries. The final show of the set focused on the news industry's "mode of production" and the ways in which it shapes its finished product. One notable thing about this series was the number of prominent scholars in the field who agreed to take part. I have mentioned Chomsky and Said, but there was also Stuart Hall, James Curran, Gaye Tuchman, Lewis Lapham, Todd Gitlin and many others. Another was the strength of the interviews I recorded for the series, which led me into my first questioning of the documentary format in which I was then working. Documentaries have narrative requirements which tend to dictate how the component interviews will be edited. Mad Magazine used to joke, in a satire on the New York Times famous slogan, "all the news thats fit to print," that it presented "all the news that fits the print"; and documentaries are the same. The "clips" that will be cut out of the interviews will be those that fit the narrative requirements of the documentary. This generally precludes any sustained attention to the individual character or context of the thinkers who are quoted. Reflection on this issue led to the approach that I generally took in my work for Ideas after 1990 in which my subjects, wherever possible, were presented one-at-a-time and in depth.The participants in the series were as follows:Part One: Paul Rutherford, James Curran, Anthony Smith, Stuart Hall, Lewis Lapham, Carman Cumming, Todd GitlinPart Two: Juan Somavia, Rohan Samarajiva, Herbert Schiller, Anthony Smith, Tom McPhail, Bill Harley, Barry ZwickerPart Three: Edward Said, Stuart Hall, Noam Chomsky, James Aronson, Tom KentPart Four: Stuart Hall, Lewis Lapham, Gaye Tuchman, James Curran,Todd Gitlin, Carman Cumming, Paul Rutherford, Jeremy Wilson, Noam ChomskyA transcript of the series is available on the Transcripts page of the site.
This week Deputy Digital Editor of City A.M. Caitlin Morrison steps up to steer the Unregulated show while Emma Haslett is away. Joined by usual presenter Zak Mir is Tom McPhail, Head of Pension Research at Hargreaves Lansdown and Tom Selby from investment services company AJ Bell as the panel picks apart the long and short term ramifications for pensions in post-Brexit Britain.
Hargreaves Lansdown head of pensions reseach Tom McPhail discusses the Government's advice review, the proposed Just Retirement/Partnership merger and a possible exit fees clampdown with Money Marketing head of news Tom Selby
Jonathan Eley discusses the changes to pensions announced in the Budget with Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, and James Lloyd, a director at the Strategic Society Centre See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.