Podcasts presented by Sarah Pennells (1) related to Investing in Funds

Ever thought of renting your loft for storage space, or renting your parking space for commuters? From using your home for a photo shoot location to setting up a pop up restaurant in your own kitchen, the possibilities to make money from your house are endless. Sarah Pennells is joined by Judy Niner, founder of Monday To Friday, Bally Sappal, Head of Operations at Store Mates, Harrison Woods, from Your Parking Space, Ben Wilson, from GoCompare, and Connie Henderson, Library Manager at MyYour Film Locations to look at some of the more creative ways you can make money from your home.

What is peer-to-peer lending? Sarah Pennells looks at the method behind it and how it can help set up a business and how crowdfunding can become a platform to a successful company. Sarah speaks to Karen Kerrigan, Director of UKCFA and Chief Legal Officer of Seedrs; Lucy Bott, Head of Customer Operations at RateSetter, a market place where rates are set by investors and borrowers; and Tom Britton, CTO and founder of Syndicate Room. While Tom and Lucy discuss the differences between peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding, Karen looks at women and their attitude towards the latter. Neil Faulkner, founder of 4thWay, also gives advice on peer-to peer lending and any risks that you should be aware of. Sarah also speaks with Gem Misa, founder of Righteous and CauliRice, about her experiences in setting up her businesses using crowdfunding.

How safe is your personal data online? This week Sarah Pennells looks at data privacy and how you can protect your personal details online and how just small tweaks to your personal settings can protect you from fraud or identity theft. She is joined in the studio by John Mitchison, Head of Preference at the Direct Marketing Association, and Tony Neate, Chief Executive at Get Safe Online website.

Ever been affected by a pension scam? Alan Higham, from Pensions Champ, Michelle Cracknell from the Pensions Advice Service and Rachael Badger, from the Citizens Advice Bureau talk to Sarah Pennells about cold calls and how to protect yourself from them.

After new changes were announced in the new financial year, Sarah Pennells and her guests will be looking at the new lifetime ISAs and how savings are being taxed. Anna Bowes, from Savings Champion, Trystan Lewis, from Griffin Wealth, and Anna Sofat, from Addidi Wealth shed light onto this issue that will affect thousands of women living in the UK.

Sarah Pennells is joined by Claire Finn, Head of Pensions at BlackRock, and Louise Oliver of Piercefield Oliver, to talk about women investing for their future pensions. In this week's programme, dedicated to finance from a female perspective, Sarah and her guests look at how to prepare for your pension and what to look out for when investing.

Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Share Radio founder, Gavin Oldham, as well as our Young Money Champion, Amelia Murray from the Telegraph Personal Finance Team, and over the phone with Anna Sofat of Addidi Wealth, to talk about lost child trust funds. Together they look at lost or unclaimed child trust funds, after a recent research showed that nearly 900,000 people were said to be at risk of losing their savings.

This week Sarah Pennells is joined by Justin Urquhart Stewart from Seven Investment Management, to discuss whether investing in commodities is worth considering during the current economic climate. Sarah and Justin also discuss what 'soft commodities' are, what type of funds invest in commodities, and how to use derivatives to get access to a commodity market.

Your Money, Your Future with Sarah Pennells, talking to Rodney Hobson, author of Shares Made Simple, Michelle McGrade, Chief Investment Officer at TD Direct, and Helal Miah, Investment Research Analyst at The Share Centre, about company figures, what they mean and how they can help your investment prospects.

Young Money with Sarah Pennells and Young Money Champion Fiona Norman, talking to David Hollingworth, Associate Director at London & Country Mortgages and Lina Bourdon and Lina Bourdon, Managing Director at City and Country Financial Services, about government help-to-buy schemes.