In this episode of VFM Pensions, hosts Darren and Nico chat to Eversheds Sutherland's Partner and Head of DC, Michael Jones, about all things value for money.

Michael has the honour(?) of being the first actively practicing pensions lawyer on the podcast and he timed his appearance perfectly being a Spurs fan (recording the morning after a lucky Europa Cup win...)

As well as finding out how Michael got into pensions and what value for money means to him, we have a wide-ranging discussion covering:

• Recent statements from the Pensions Minister concerning DB Surpluses
• The latest WPI report on scale and independence
• Angela Rayner's proposed tax hikes - will we / won't we see the reintroduction of the Lifetime Allowance?
• Pension investment and fiduciary duty
• The use and evolution of AI in pensions
• And a crowd funding campaign seeking a KC opinion on the retrospective nature of the Government making DC pensions subject to IHT.

Enjoy!

In this episode of V-FM Pensions, hosts Darren and Nico chat to XPS' Head of DC Investments Mark Searle.

As well as finding out what value for money means to Mark and how he got into the pensions industry we, of course, kick off by talking about the gig news of the week, the Mansion House Accord. We also chat pensions adequacy, at retirement solutions and investing in the US.

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In this episode of V-FM pensions, hosts Darren and Nico chat to Fidelity International's James Monk.

As well as finding out what value for money means to James and how he got into pensions, the wide-ranging discussions covers: Mansion House and local investing, and a general discussion about UK economic developments; Trump's crypto play; TPT's announcement that it is planning to introduce multi-employer CDC; a report from the SPP urging savers not to panic; and the pros and cons of life vs custody platforms.

Listen to hear all this and more!