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Money Box

Russia and Pensions

Money Box

BBC

Business

4.2825 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

How do you make sure your pensions and savings and invested ethically? Do you know where your pension is invested? How much of your money is invested in Russia? How can you put pressure on your pension providers to invest ethically?

Felicity Hannah chats to listeners, guests and our panel of experts about how to make your money ethical.

Panel:

Lucy Coutts, Investment Director at JM Finn wealth management

Becky O’Connor, Head of Pensions and Savings at Interactive Investor

Find out more: https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/

Producer: Drew Hyndman

Editor: Maggie Latham

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

0:06.5

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:11.2

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

0:16.0

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

0:22.4

So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,

0:28.3

and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.

0:33.6

So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.

0:39.5

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:43.2

Hello, welcome to the Moneybox Live podcast.

0:46.3

The world has reacted with disgust to the terrible conflict in Ukraine,

0:50.7

turning away from Russia and closing off its economy with sanctions and shutdowns.

0:55.4

But have you asked whether your pension or other funds might be connected to Russia?

1:00.3

And would it bother you if they were?

1:02.4

Today on Moneybox Live, we're talking about how you can make sure your investments or any made on your behalf match your ethics.

1:09.4

We have experts ready to answer questions about

1:12.2

making sure your money isn't invested somewhere that you don't want. Now, maybe that's Russia,

1:17.7

maybe it's fossil fuels, maybe it's tobacco or weapons. But before we hear from today's panel,

1:23.1

let's talk to a caller. Kathy is on the line. Kathy, good afternoon.

1:28.2

Good afternoon.

1:30.9

Thank you very much for joining us and starting us off.

1:33.2

Tell us what your pension situation is.

1:39.3

So my situation is I've changed jobs a number of times through my working life.

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