The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast

The Fault Lines of Finance asks why good people do bad things with other people's money, and what keeps the good ones good. Pete is joined by Philippa Hann and Dr Moira Somers, authors of the book, to talk about ethics in financial services, the role of regulators like the FCA, and the case for what they call the re-moralising of finance. They get into the personalities most ...

In this Meaningful Money Q&A, Pete Matthew and Roger Weeks answer six listener questions on the UK money decisions that trip people up. We look at the best place to hold an emergency fund (cash ISA, Premium Bonds or stocks and shares ISA), how the £10,000 Money Purchase Annual Allowance works if you retire part-way through the tax year, and whether moving pension income i...

Is whole of life insurance too expensive, or can it be a valuable part of financial and inheritance tax planning in the UK? Pete Matthew is joined by Justin Harper, Chief Marketing Officer at LifeSearch, to explain how whole of life cover differs from term life insurance, how premiums are calculated and whether they can be guaranteed for life. They explore later-life uses, fu...

Why does money cause so much worry, even when the numbers add up? In this episode of the Meaningful Money podcast, I am joined by financial planner Shabbar Kassam and organisational psychologist Tim Malnick, hosts of The Problem of Money podcast, to explore the psychology of money and why our financial behaviour is shaped so strongly by the money lessons we learned in childho...