On this episode of Beyond Curious with LCP, hosts Laura Amin and Charl Cronje talk to Tom Porter about how CEOs  can embrace AI and ensure that their organisations stay competitive and relevant.

We cover:
-	why  your approach to generative AI will need to differ from that taken for other technological developments 
-	AI-powered augmentation versus automation
-	how you can help your people enhance their careers with AI.

Tom is LCP’s Strategy Director and is leading our journey to embrace AI effectively across the firm.

S1 Ep. 1 Staying relevant in an AI-enabled world

In this episode of Beyond Curious with LCP we speak to Ben Bray – LCP Partner and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London. Ben is an expert on applying machine learning analytics to large health databases. 

We explore how AI will transform the healthcare we receive at a personal level and also the health of the nation overall. 

We cover: 
1) How AI might change your experience of seeing a doctor  
2) AI-powered diagnoses and the potential impact on NHS waiting times 
3) Personalisation of healthcare services 
4) The role of AI in drug development

S1 Ep. 2 How AI will revolutionise healthcare

This week on Beyond Curious with LCP, hosts Jessica Clark and Mary Spencer, speak to Rajiv Gogna and Jon Slowe on how AI can help drive the energy transition and the energy needed to power AI.

S1 Ep. 3 AI and energy: a two-way relationship

This week we speak to Heidi Allan to understand how AI will help us make better financial decisions. 

Heidi leads us through how AI will impact each of the four pillars of financial wellbeing - knowledge, confidence, capability and resilience. We also cover: 

- How AI can help deliver personalised financial education 
- Using AI to upskill us ahead of making key financial decisions 
- The opportunity for ‘levelling up’ our capabilities to make informed financial decisions
- The role of employers in providing access to reputable AI-enabled financial tools.

S1 Ep. 4 How AI will help us make better financial decisions

This week on Beyond Curious with LCP, hosts Jessica Clark and Charl Cronje speak to Ashley Mould on how sport is using AI and how this will evolve in the future. We discuss how AI will change the way we understand sporting strategy, success and sustainability. 

Ashley Mould is one of LCP’s football analytics experts and advises top football clubs on transfer strategies.

S1 Ep. 6 AI and Football

This week we’re delighted to be joined by Arezu Moghadam, Global Head of Data Science at JPMorgan Asset Management.  We pick Arezu’s brains on the interaction of AI and investment management – Arezu sets out a strong case on why the possibilities are endless!
We cover:
- How AI can enhance investment decisions across the three strands of decision-making: data gathering, analysis and interpretation.
- Why this is not just applicable to quantitative investors, but that AI can supercharge a fundamental investment process
- The impact on overall market dynamics: despite the huge increases in data availability and our ability to analyse it, we remain a long way off from “perfect information” and a world where active management becomes redundant
- Quantamental investing – what is it and why is it attractive
- Why the combination of AI and human expertise makes for the strongest approach.

S1 Ep. 10 How can AI improve investment outcomes?

This week we come full circle to speak to Tom Porter – LCP’s strategy director and our inaugural guest on Beyond Curious with LCP. 
We pick up our conversation from episode 1 and explore how the AI landscape has changed over the last 3 three months and also look forwards to what’s on the horizon.

S1 Ep. 14 Reflections on LCP’s AI journey to date

Camilla Nichol joined the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust as CEO in 2014, taking on a role unlike any other, preserving the history of the last great unspoiled continent.

S2 Ep.4 The importance of looking up with Camilla Nichol

In this episode, Victoria Snowden and Gordon Watchorn talk to Helen Dickinson OBE, CEO of the British Retail Consortium, about how the role found her, and she shares her insights on the retail sector.

S2 Ep.5 Recognising the skills you take for granted with Helen Dickinson

For this last episode in season 2, LCP’s Victoria Snowden is joined by LCP CEO, Aaron Punwani to talk with Simon Rogerson, Group CEO of Octopus Group, which in 20 years has gone from start-up to a household name providing energy, investments and more.

S2 Ep.7 Business as a force for good with Simon Rogerson

The pensions sector is undergoing profound change. In season 3 of Beyond Curious with LCP, David Fairs and Steve Webb explore some of the big challenges with key individuals in the industry – from government officials and regulators to major schemes.

In the first episode of the season, David and Steve talk about what a new Labour government means for pensions. We explore the new funding code, Mansion House, superfunds, DC consolidation, tax changes and more.

S3 Ep.1 What does a new Labour government mean for pensions?

This week, David Fairs and Steve Webb talk to Andrew Scott, author and global macro economist and longevity specialist.

We talk about Andrew’s ideas that as a society we need a different approach to the way we understand and frame ageing. The traditional 20th century approach is that life falls into three stages - education, work and retirement. This doesn’t fit with increasing life expectancy trends. There needs to be cultural and political shifts to allow people to lead healthier and more productive longer lives and to think about careers differently.

S3 Ep.2 The Longevity Imperative with Andrew Scott

This week, David Fairs and Steve Webb talk to Kate Jones, Chair of the Pensions Protection Fund. We talk about her background in investment leadership, her experience in the LDI market and how this helped during the turbulence in 2022, and how her experience as a coach and mentor has helped in dealing with Boards.

S3 Ep.3 The future role of the PPF with Kate Jones

This week, David Fairs and Steve Webb talk to Chris Curry, Director of the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI). We cover everything from the government's pensions review to the reform of pension tax relief and the prospects for collective DC schemes!

S3 Ep.4 Don’t panic with Chris Curry

This week, we talk to Andrew Blair, Head of Automatic Enrolment and NEST at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

As someone who has worked with numerous Pensions Ministers, we discuss Andrew’s background and how he got into the civil service and pensions, as well as what happens when a new Minister starts and the vital, but unseen role of the Ministerial private office.

S3 Ep.5 Developing pensions policy in the thick of it - an insider view with Andrew Blair

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Henry Tapper, Chair of Pension PlayPen and AgeWage.

S3 Ep.8 PLSA Conference 2024: Henry Tapper

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Kate Grant, Pensions Executive a Vodafone Group Services.

S3 Ep.9 PLSA Conference 2024: Kate Grant

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Philip Smith, DC Director at TPT Retirement Solutions and Member of the PLSA Master Trust Committee.

S3 Ep.12 PLSA Conference 2024: Philip Smith

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Neil Bull, Executive Director of Market Oversight at The Pensions Regulator.

S3 Ep.14 PLSA Conference 2024: Neil Bull

In this special mini-series recorded live at the Annual PLSA Conference in Liverpool, we interview a range of special guests from around the pensions industry to discuss their highlights and the top themes coming out of the conference. In this episode, we talk to Andy Fryer, Head of Proposition Development - Defined Benefit at Just.

S3 Ep.15 PLSA Conference 2024: Andy Fryer

This week, Laura Amin is joined by Nathalie Sims, Partner and Head of Strategic Relationships at LCP, and Annabelle Hardiman, Head of Professional Corporate Sole Trustee Services at IGG, to talk about the evolving professional trustee and sole trustee landscape.

The episode covers:
• Trends and challenges in the professional trustee market, including the rise in sole trusteeship.
• Insights from the latest LCP Soul Mates survey on trustee market growth and regulatory focus.
• New models for delivering services to sole trustees, including IGGnite
• TPR's recent announcement about their engagement with the 10 largest professional trustee firms

S3 Ep.17 The rise of sole trusteeship with Annabelle Hardiman

This week, David Fairs and Steve Webb talk to Lee Foulger, Director of Financial Stability, Strategy and Risk at the Bank of England about his career journey and the challenges of maintaining financial stability in a rapidly changing world.

We cover:
• The 2022 gilt market crisis
• The Bank of England’s final report of its system-wide exploratory scenario exercise.
• The challenge of going into retirement with significant mortgage debt

S3 Ep.18 Navigating financial stability risk with Lee Foulger

S3 Ep.19 The new government's agenda five months on

On 29th January, the Chancellor announced ambitious plans to unlock £160bn of DB pension scheme surpluses to benefit employers, scheme members and the UK's economy. This follows our extensive industry work over recent years, advocating that strong DB schemes can better serve their members, their sponsors and the UK economy.

In this special episode, David Fairs and Steve Webb are joined by Michelle Wright, Partner and Head of Pensions Strategy at LCP, to get you up to speed with some of our thinking on these plans and the Government's growth agenda.

We cover:
• What the reaction has been across the pension world – how are trustees vs corporates viewing this?
• What will be going on in Whitehall at the moment
• TPR’s role in all of this and how the proposals fit with the DB Funding code
• How crucial these plans are to the Government’s growth plans

Register for the webinar: https://www.lcp.com/en/events/making-sense-of-the-chancellors-ambitious-plans-for-db-schemes

Special episode: The Chancellor's ambitious plans for DB schemes

Demography is destiny – and that’s never been more apparent than today.

In Season 4, we explore the demographic forces shaping our future – from population health and life expectancy to migration and fertility. 

In this episode, Jill Ampleford, Partner and Head of Trustee Consulting at LCP, chats to season 4 host Stuart McDonald, Partner and Head of Longevity and Demographic Insights, about the upcoming season and the important questions we’ll be asking around what an ageing population means for society, the economy, and the sustainability of our healthcare and pensions systems.

S4 Ep.1 The demographic trends shaping our future

For this week’s conversation, Stuart McDonald is joined by Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Head of Health Analytics at LCP, to explore growing economic case for better health. 
 
From the rise of multimorbidity to the promise of anti-obesity medications, they unpack the complex relationship between health, inequality, and national prosperity. 

S4 Ep.2 Why public health is an economic issue

This week, Stuart McDonald is joined by Dr Ben Bray, Partner in LCP’s Health Analytics team and a medical doctor. Together, they discuss where AI is making a real impact today, and what’s coming next. They also examine how AI could help tackle rising demand from an ageing population and growing multimorbidity.

S4 Ep.3 AI and healthcare: Can innovation tackle NHS pressures?

This week, Stuart McDonald is joined by Dr Amlan Roy, Partner at LCP and global macro-finance researcher, to discuss how demographics shape economies, markets, and policy — and why age alone doesn’t tell the full story.

S4 Ep.4 Demographics, markets and the economy

This week, host Stuart McDonald sits down with Heidi Allan, Head of Financial Wellbeing at LCP, to talk about ageing workforces, financial stress and what employers need to do to today to support employees at every stage of life.

S4 Ep.5 Supporting a multigenerational workforce

This week, we talk to Steve Webb, former UK Pensions Minister and Partner at LCP, about how demographic change is reshaping pensions and retirement. From the sustainability of the state pension to the challenges of auto-enrolment, Steve shares his insights on what today’s workers and future generations can expect from their retirement years.

S4 Ep.6 Retirement in an ageing society

Welcome to Beyond Curious with LCP, our podcast that explores the big questions of tomorrow. We bring a fresh take on the innovations and trends that are shaping the business world and beyond – from AI to Gen Z. Join us on the journey and discover actionable insights and ideas from a range of industry experts.

The first season kicks off with AI, addressing the opportunities and challenges transforming the way we do business day-to-day.

In season 2, we connect with CEOs and founders across different sectors to deep dive into the journeys, challenges, and triumphs that have shaped today's industry leaders. From the boardroom to breakthroughs, join us as we unlock the secrets to success.

In season 3, we explore perspectives on a turbulent pensions landscape with key individuals in the industry – from government officials and regulators to major schemes.

In season 4, we explore the demographic forces shaping our future – from population health and life expectancy to migration and fertility.

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