The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast

In this Meaningful Money Q&A (Episode 58), Pete Matthew and Roger Weeks answer six real listener questions on the money decisions facing UK savers and investors. We cover paying off your mortgage versus investing, gifting surplus income to manage care fees and inheritance tax, and how to buy capital gains tax-free gold. We also explore consolidating pensions before retire...

In this UK personal finance Q&A, Pete Matthew and Roger Weeks answer listener questions on offshore investment bonds, GIA tax, pensions, retirement drawdown and building financial stability in your twenties. They explain how UK tax can apply to dividends, capital gains, offshore bond withdrawals, top slicing relief and pension crystallisation, with practical context for r...

In this episode of the Meaningful Money Podcast, Pete Matthew talks to Chartered financial planner Adam Cockerham about his debut book, Your Money and Your Mind, and the powerful link between our mindset and our money. Adam explains why our financial decisions are shaped far more by how we interpret events than by the events themselves, and how a calmer, more rational mind he...

In this Meaningful Money Q&A episode, Pete Matthew and Roger Weeks answer real listener questions on UK retirement planning, pensions, tax and inheritance tax. They discuss tax planning after the death of a spouse, investment bonds, SIPP drawdown before State Pension age, Defined Benefit pension contributions, Fixed Protection 2016, inherited ISAs and lifetime gifting rul...

In this Meaningful Money Q&A episode, Pete Matthew and Roger Weeks answer real listener questions on UK pensions, retirement planning, tax and ISAs. They cover pension contributions for a spouse, starting a career in financial planning, reducing workplace pension fees with a SIPP, navigating the 60% tax trap, retiring abroad with UK pensions, and upcoming ISA rule changes...