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Georgie Frost is joined by Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher. Today they discuss the market reaction to the Bank of England's latest bond buying spree as well as the problems with the government's Help to Buy ISA. Plus are teenagers more financially focused than their parents? Yes according to a new report. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Guests: Ed Bowsher

Published: Wed 24 August 2016

Well, one emerging market has been punching well above its weight in the news this month - and that's Mongolia! Emerging Opportunities dived in to see what the country might offer investors, with plenty of analysis from people who have first-hand experience in the country – Gavin Serkin was joined in the studio by mining expert and consultant Layton Croft, intelligence analyst Renata Legierska & on the phone from Mongolia by Lee Cashell, the CEO of Asia Pacific Investment Partners.

Published: Tue 23 August 2016

This is Crowdfunders, the show that covers peer to peer lending and all other forms of crowdfunding. In today's show, Ed Bowsher looks at Platform Black, a peer to peer lending platform that is starting to do a bit of lending itself, plus he also finds out more about a mobile app that's been described as the 'tinder for crowdfunding’ – Offr.

Published: Mon 22 August 2016

These days investing is about far more than stocks and shares. You can invest in bamboo forests, car parking spaces, wine, or you can invest directly in small and growing companies. But should you? Sarah goes through the pros and cons of alternative investments with David Thorpe of What Investment, financial journalist Martyn James and Bruce Davis of Abundance Investment.

Guests: David Thorpe,Martyn James,Bruce Davis

Published: Sat 20 August 2016

The must listen, new look edition to our regular show, with added features, bringing our magazine to your ears. On this week's episode writer Tom Wilson and editor Moira O'Neill join Georgie Frost in the studio. They start of looking at pensions. Can people trust themselves with their pension pot or is there too much of a temptation to plunder it early? On the topic of who to trust with your savings they also discuss the use of robot portfolio managers. Plus the latest online scams and how to avoid them.

Guests: Tom Wilson,Moira O'Neill

Published: Wed 17 August 2016

The Investment Trust Show brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors. This week we're heading east to track down the best investment opportunities. Is China a good place given ongoing concerns about its growth prospects, and what about Japan? After the latest stimulus package by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will investors finally be rewarded for years of perseverance? Juliette is joined in the studio by Mike Kerley of Henderson Global Investors and James Carthew Head of Research and Director at Marten & Co.

Published: Thu 11 August 2016

This is Crowdfunders, the show that covers the fast-growing world of alternative finance with Share Radio's Senior Analyst, Ed Bowsher. In this edition: A closer look at a platform which is opening parts of the bond market which have previously been closed off to private investors, that's WiseAlpha and it's CEO Rezaah Ahmad, and whether the base rate cut from the BoE is going to seriously affect the peer to peer lending market.

Published: Wed 10 August 2016

Gavin Serkin is joined by Peter West from PAM Global Investments in studio & on the line by Guillermo Parra-Bernal of Thomson Reuters in São Paulo to discuss all things Brazil in our latest venture into Latin America on the show, with a look at what’s happening on the ground while the Olympics are in full swing and the pro’s and con’s for investors in a time of political & financial upheaval.

Published: Mon 8 August 2016

This is our latest Small Cap Investor segment, this week with Lord Lee of Trafford, Britain's first Isa millionaire. He sat down with our Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher and they began by discussing what impact brexit has had on the stock market so far.

Published: Wed 27 July 2016

Ed Bowsher is away on holiday this week so we have dipped into the archives to bring you some of the best bits from our earliest Crowdfunders shows. In the first part of the show, Ed spoke to Angus Dent from ArchOver and Mike Baliman from the London Fintech Podcast on why the P2P/crowdfunding sector had taken off. In the second part, Ed looked at risk, for savers and lenders across a range of crowdfunding tools. His guests were Angus Dent of Archover, David Stephenson of AltFi & Chris Sier from Finnexis.

Published: Wed 27 July 2016