Q&A episode: retirement income from £250K, IHT pension planning, and are ETFs riskier than funds?

Q&A episode: retirement income from £250K, IHT pension planning, and are ETFs riskier than funds?

From On The Money by interactive investor

May 14, 2026 · 29 min · Episode 179

About this episode

The episode addresses listener questions about retirement income, pension planning, and fund risk.

Our latest episode answers questions sent in by listeners. Kyle is joined by Craig Rickman, interactive investor’s personal finance editor, to cover a wide range of topics including a realistic retirement income from a £250,000 pension pot, and how to approach fund risk scores. Do you have a question you’d like Kyle or Craig to tackle in a future episode? We would love to hear from you, and the way to get in touch with the team is by emailing: OTM@ii.co.uk Kyle Caldwell is Funds and Investment Education Editor at interactive investor. On The Money is an interactive investor (ii) podcast. For more investment news and ideas, visit www.ii.co.uk/stock-market-news . Important information: This podcast is intended for information purposes only and is not a personal recommendation. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of your investments may go down as well as up, and you may not get back all the money that you invest. Full performance information can be found on the company or index summary page on the interactive investor website. The ii Personal Pension (SIPP) is for people who want to make their own decisions when investing for retirement. Usually, you…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle Caldwell

Guest: Craig Rickman

Topics covered

  • retirement income
  • pension planning
  • fund risk
  • ETFs
  • listener Q&A

Keywords

  • retirement income
  • pension pot
  • IHT
  • ETFs
  • fund risk scores

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Organizations: interactive investor

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