Danni Hewson, Head of Financial Analysis at AJ Bell, “making the complicated simple”, Investing Matters Podcast, Episode 41

Investing Matters

Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts.

What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success.

With that in mind, welcome to episode forty-one with Danni Hewson, the Head of Financial Analysis at AJ Bell, one of the UK's leading investment platforms. Danni joined the AJ Bell in 2021 and works across television, radio and online platforms as a commentator and writer delivering insight and analysis across UK, Global business and financial sectors.

Danni has vast experience and insight from her 19 years working at the BBC, presenting and reporting on business news across a variety of programmes including BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel, BBC Look North and latterly Radio 5 Live's flagship business programme "Wake up to Money".

Danni has a passion for making financial reporting understandable and relevant to all audiences and always provides a high level of financial and economic expertise. She was instrumental in setting up AJ Bell's Money Matters campaign which is aimed at helping women become more confident with their finances and narrow the £1.65 trillion gender investment gap. Danni is also the co-host alongside Head of Personal Finance, Laura Suter of the excellent Money Matters podcast.

In this Investing Matters interview, Danni provides our global Investing Matters audience with her fascinating journey from Local Radio, entertainment journalism (interviewing superstars including Will Smith, Gary Oldham, Susan Sarandon, Sting, Tom Jones to name but a handful), mainstream news focused journalism at ITN including her harrowing 9/11 experience. Greatest learning gained from her time at the BBC including politics, business and the financial crash.

The important skill of explaining finances so that everyone understands, “making the complicated simple”, embarking on her “first job in finance” at AJ Bell, fantastic and inspiring leader Andy Bell, Bonds, Pensions, ETFS, Stocks, Dividends, ESG Investing, Diversification of investments, household finances, mortgages, inflation, understanding the importance of finance, starting early and compounding investments, the importance of financial literacy, One ISA, Disney, Netflix and much more.

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