Money & Markets Podcast

Why Jeremy Hunt’s pension plan has flaws, how teenagers manage money and the attractions of investing in Vietnam

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Why Jeremy Hunt’s pension plan has flaws, how teenagers manage money and the attractions of investing in Vietnam

Tom Selby considers Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s strategy to boost the average pension pot by £1,000 a year and why the plan has flaws.

Laura Suter talks about some remarkable figures on the amount of money in savings accounts that pay no interest and how there has been yet another error made on state pension payments.

Dan Coatsworth chats with Dominic Scriven from investment trust Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited about investing in Vietnam. Dan also explains the importance of the latest Bank of England stress test on UK banks.

The podcast also features two 15-year-olds talking about how teenagers manage money and how schools can improve personal finance education.


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