Podcasts

Georgie Frost hosts the award-winning 'This is Money' team from the Mail Online, led by Editor Simon Lambert. Every Friday the team join us in the Share studios to talk through the consumer stories which have been making the headlines online - and which they have been doing some extra investigation into. It's great fun and very informative.

This is Share Daily, a look back at some highlights from Share Radio over the last 24 hours. It's your opportunity to catch up with the best of Share Radio , where we bring you news and views on stocks and shares, talk to successful entrepreneurs and offer advice which could make and saves you money. In today's programme, Fenella Fudge looks at UK migration at a record high, an investor's perspective on why dividends are so much under pressure, and small businesses have yet to make up their minds on Brexit.

The team from This Is Money, the award winning financial website, are back in the studio with Georgie for their weekly catch up. This week they take a look at: Big banks pay out billions in bonuses and dividends, despite the rocky start to the year; we gear up for the Chancellors budget, as fears are increasing over what he'll do with our pensions; and as the pound keeps sinking, is it time for a staycation?

Francesco Guerrera, Associate Editor, Chief Financial Correspondent at Politico, joins Share Radio to talk on the biggest stories in the political world. Francesco talks more on Brexit, discusses the G20 meeting of financial ministers, looks further into the issue of migration and also touches upon bank stress tests.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has reported an annual loss attributable to shareholders of £1.9 billion. That is in line with the bank's guidance from last month and is a smaller loss than last year, but it’s the bank’s eight consecutive annual loss. Chris Bailey, Founder of financialorbit.com, joins Share Radio to look at the ins and outs of the numbers.

Our look into the world of all things travel-related. From how to save money on your daily commute, to how to get the best value on your holiday, to what you need to know about doing business abroad.

Each week the Investment Trust Show discusses the major issues, factors and news that impact on investment trusts. In this weeks edition the focus is on private equity investment trusts. Joining Ed Mitchell in the studio is Ian Barrass, Manager of the Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust and Share Radio's senior market analyst, Ed Bowsher. By phone, Nick Britton, Head of Training at the AIC as well as Hamish Mair, Director and Head of Private Equity Funds at The F&C. This week the topics include a host of questions on investing in private equities, such as the risks and potential returns, as well as day to day volatility of share prices.

Ed Mitchell is joined in the studio by Seamus Nevin of the IOD to discuss new net migration figures which have sparked a debate between the two sides involved in the EU Referendum.

The South African economy is "in crisis" according to the country's finance minister. Speaking ahead of this week's Budget Speech, Pravin Gordhan admitted the country was struggling with a difficult set of economic circumstances. Share Radio's Robert Van Egghen reports on an embattled economy where the threat of a downgrade to junk status looms on the horizon.

Dave Millett, Founder and Managing Director of telecoms broker, Equinox, talks about Ofcom’s report ruling on whether BT can keep its Openreach broadband arm. BT seems to have escaped the immediate threat of selling off its wholesale arm, but it faces a stricter regulatory straitjacket under wide-ranging proposals which would allow other operators to lay fibre optic lines alongside its network. Dave discusses the decision.