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Money Clinic with Claer Barrett

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The FT’s money-making expert Claer Barrett responds to real-life money questions from a range of millennial guests gearing up to battle the cost of living crisis. Every episode is packed with nuggets, tips and takeaways shared by top FT writers and financial experts. There are no short cuts to wealth, but Money Clinic promises to tell you things you didn’t know about your finances and investing in ways that anyone can understand. 


Want to talk to Claer on the show? Email [email protected] or drop her a line on Instagram @Claerb

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Episodes

Space - the final investment frontier?

FT Money Show presenter Hugo Greenhalgh and guests on how to invest in space, Scottish taxes and the benefits of children's bank accounts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 16, 201715 min

What will the Budget mean for you? (corrected audio)

FT Money Show presenter Lucy Warwick-Ching and guests discuss the 'slow and steady' Budget announcements and what it means for your pocket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 09, 20178 min

Are you ready for the new Isa season?

FT Money Show presenter Claer and guests discuss the growing family of tax free Isas - and how your whole family can use them to invest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 02, 201721 min

Tax - how you can legally cut your bill

FT Wealth correspondent, Hugo Greenhalgh is joined by Lee Goggin of find a wealth manager to discuss how to leave your wealth manager without incurring punitive charges for doing so. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 09, 201713 min

Can your family finances survive the cost of dementia?

Presenter Claer Barrett is joined by the FT's wealth correspondent to talk about the financial repercussions of a dementia diagnosis, plus columnist Jason Butler on how to get to grips with your finances, and how the rules around binary trading are tightening up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 01, 201715 min

Should you invest like Warren Buffett?

In this week's FT Money show, presenter Claer Barrett is joined by Money columnist Merryn Somerset Webb and guests to discuss why Warren Buffett is not really a value investor, whether employee share schemes are ever a good idea and the reasons behind one wealth manager's recent interest in female clients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 26, 201717 min

What financial personality type are you?

Psychologists have identified six common traits that can lead to bad financial decisions - so are you a cash splasher, an ostrich or an anxious investor? Plus, the trading secrets of Car Boot sales, and the rising costs of social care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 12, 201717 min

Should you cash in your final salary pension?

FT pensions correspondent Josephine Cumbo joins presenter Claer Barrett to analyse record transfer valuations for final salary pensions. Isa millionaire Lord Lee discusses the state of his portfolio, while Wealth Man columnist Jason Butler asks if money can really buy happiness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 05, 201716 min

The investment outlook for 2017

Following a year of political shocks, JP Morgan's Stephanie Flanders and the FT's Jonathan Guthrie discuss what may come next. We also discuss the disappearing £50 note. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 15, 201611 min

The backlash against Airbnb

Investors who have done well out of Airbnb are being targeted by councils who see the site as a force shrinking the supply of rental properties. Presenter James Pickford and guests Madhu Murgia, David Stevenson and Vanessa Houlder also discuss investment opportunities arising from the US election and the difficulties of using offshore tax structures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Dec 08, 201614 min

The 12 Saves of Christmas

Lindsay Cook reveals how to save on champagne, perfume and other high-value items. FT journalists Hugo Greenhalgh and Thomas Hale discuss private jets, which can be surprisingly economical, and letting agents' fees, which have been astonishingly high. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 01, 201616 min

What will the Autumn Statement mean for your money?

Presenter Claer Barrett is joined by tax and pensions experts Raj Mody of PwC, Christine Ross of Handelsbanken Wealth Management and Nimesh Shah of Blick Rothenberg to discuss the main points of Philip Hammond's first Budget statement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 23, 20167 min

The best of alternative investments

In this week's FT Money show, presenter James Pickford and guests discuss how to invest in infrastructure as governments boost their spending, which fine wines you should be buying for your Christmas table, and how much you should pay for a Himalayan crocodile handbag. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 17, 201614 min

Trump wins: what is a private investor to do?

Presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss what fund managers are advising us to do with our money in light of potential changes in the US economy and foreign policy. Also on the show: the Tesco Bank hack, and former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann on the problems with the Lifetime Isa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 10, 201618 min

Biometrics, hacking and your money

In this week's edition of the Money Show, Claer Barrett and guests discuss biometrics, sustainable investing and how the dystopian future of hit Netflix show Black Mirror could soon be a reality of our personal finances (sort of). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 03, 201619 min

Investment trusts come back into fashion

Presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss the trend for investment trusts to venture into esoteric asset classes as they reinvent themselves, as well as the launch of a new, crowdfunded version of the traditional vehicle that promises accountability and transparent fees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 26, 201618 min

The return of inflation

Presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss how to invest amid rising inflation in Britain, and the place of Asian stocks in a portfolio. We also hear from the Conservative MP who wants the new, Lifetime Isa to be put to rest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 19, 201620 min

Household bills - what do your elderly parents pay?

In this week's FT Money show, presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss "the switcher's charter" as they look at how to get the best deals on your mortgage, bills or bank account, how the chancellor can help first time buyers, and why millennials keep losing their pensions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 13, 201616 min

The perils of owning a period property

In this week's FT Money show, presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss the problems of buying listed buildings, the outlook for pensions from the Tory party conference, and how your budding new romance may soon be hit with a "love tax." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 06, 201619 min

Desperately seeking income

Central bank monetary stimulus is propelling the prices of traditional income-producing investments ever higher, reducing their yields and sending income-hunters into riskier assets. How to assess whether what your money manager is selling you is safe. Plus: paying tax on our smartphones, and where our donations to medical research really go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 29, 201614 min

Dragging pensions out of the Stone Age

In this week's Money Show, presenter Josephine Cumbo discusses the need for digitisation of pensions, how to make your existing pension pot last, and why the retirement industry must become less boring for younger savers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 22, 201614 min

Middle classes buy in below stairs services

In this week's FT Money show, presenter Naomi Rovnick and guests discuss the rise of the 'do it for me' economy, absolute return funds, and how to make the most of your workplace cycle to work scheme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 15, 201618 min

Is London's property bubble about to burst?

In this week's Money Show, presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss whether it is time to bail out of London real estate, as well as the future for investing in bond proxies, and why UK economic data has surprised on the upside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 08, 201614 min

The pensions tax squeeze

In this week's FT Money show, presenter Claer Barrett is joined by Jason Hollands, managing director of investment adviser Tilney Bestinvest, to discuss how wealthy investors are pushing up demand for tax-efficient Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) as new rules restrict how much they can save into their pensions. Plus, reaction to Andy Haldane's comments on how he'd pick property over a pension, and the early impact of London's 24 hour tube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Sep 01, 201618 min

Teaching your children about money and wealth

The "rich kids of Instagram" phenomenon has unsettled many parents, affluent or not. How can you ensure your children have enough to do what they want, but not so much that they do nothing? Also on the show: zero interest credit card transfers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 201611 min

Should you cash in your final salary pension?

In this week's FT Money show, presenter Jo Cumbo and guests discuss whether it's time to cash in that precious "gold-plated" company pension. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 03, 201614 min

Should parents repay a child's student loans?

In this week's FT Money show, presenter Claer Barrett and guests discuss student loans, leasehold properties, and how to talk to your children about your wealth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 201617 min