Nudging Financial Behaviour

Why this podcast?

In this podcast, it is our goal to help you recognise the biases that can subtly – and sometimes not so subtly – pull or push your thinking into making decisions about your finances that aren’t entirely rational. When you’re able to recognise these pushes and pulls, you’ll be able to make smarter choices about your money, and hopefully end up saving and earning more.

The Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Why this podcast?

In this podcast, it is our goal to help you recognise the biases that can subtly – and sometimes not so subtly – pull or push your thinking into making decisions about your finances that aren’t entirely rational. When you’re able to recognise these pushes and pulls, you’ll be able to make smarter choices about your money, and hopefully end up saving and earning more.

Season 1

Behavioural biases unpacked on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Financial trouble is like gaining weight. It doesn’t happen overnight. It’s the slow additional like, let’s say, less favourable decisions. It’s that eating that additional financial cookie.

Louis van der MerweCertified Financial Planner & Host of Ensombl Advice SA
Behavioural biases unpacked on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Financial trouble is like gaining weight. It doesn’t happen overnight. It’s the slow additional like, let’s say, less favourable decisions. It’s that eating that additional financial cookie.

Louis van der MerweCertified Financial Planner & Host of Ensombl Advice SA

Anchors – it’s such a good word, isn’t it? Because it ties us down to the ground in some way.

Louise BedfordBest-selling author, trading mentor & host of Talking Trading
Anchoring bias on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast
Anchoring bias on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Anchors – it’s such a good word, isn’t it? Because it ties us down to the ground in some way.

Louise BedfordBest-selling author, trading mentor & host of Talking Trading
The framing effect on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Anyone could essentially help you to reframe a conversation because it’s ultimately about decisions. Am I going to do something? Or am I going to to do nothing? Which is also an active decision.

Louis van der MerweCertified Financial Planner & Host of Ensombl Advice SA
The framing effect on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Anyone could essentially help you to reframe a conversation because it’s ultimately about decisions. Am I going to do something? Or am I going to to do nothing? Which is also an active decision.

Louis van der MerweCertified Financial Planner & Host of Ensombl Advice SA

I think there’s a lot of danger in only valuing the opinions of people who have a similar mindset or maybe even a similar background to you.

Rachel AlbertsDigital media lead
Confirmation bias on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast
Confirmation bias on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

I think there’s a lot of danger in only valuing the opinions of people who have a similar mindset or maybe even a similar background to you.

Rachel AlbertsDigital media lead
Overconfidence bias on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Because your memory is by its nature going to throw away bad outcomes and remember the good outcomes. And so you can’t really rely and trust your memory to give you a good indication of how well you’ve done.

Philip FernbachAcademic and cognitive scientist
Overconfidence bias on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Because your memory is by its nature going to throw away bad outcomes and remember the good outcomes. And so you can’t really rely and trust your memory to give you a good indication of how well you’ve done.

Philip FernbachAcademic and cognitive scientist

Your brain accounts for 2 to 3% of your body weight, but it accounts for about 25% of your metabolic expenditure in a given day.

Daniel CrosbyNY Times best-selling author & Host of Standard Deviations
System 1 & System 2 on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast
System 1 & System 2 on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Your brain accounts for 2 to 3% of your body weight, but it accounts for about 25% of your metabolic expenditure in a given day.

Daniel CrosbyNY Times best-selling author & Host of Standard Deviations
Have a plan on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

I think it’s important to find a balance between living life now and providing for the later self.

Dirk GroeneveldCertified Financial Planner
Have a plan on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

I think it’s important to find a balance between living life now and providing for the later self.

Dirk GroeneveldCertified Financial Planner

It [debt counselling] gives them a bit of breathing room at the end of the day to just sit and go, okay, the debt is on this side, my expenses are on that side, I can manage.

Nadia de WeerdtRegistered debt counsellor
Managing debt on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast
Managing debt on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

It [debt counselling] gives them a bit of breathing room at the end of the day to just sit and go, okay, the debt is on this side, my expenses are on that side, I can manage.

Nadia de WeerdtRegistered debt counsellor
Financial literacy on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

There’s definitely a mismatch in people understanding what to do financially in their planning in their retirement funds to beat inflation and the importance of actually trying to beat inflation.

Wynand GouwsCertified Financial Planner & author
Financial literacy on the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

There’s definitely a mismatch in people understanding what to do financially in their planning in their retirement funds to beat inflation and the importance of actually trying to beat inflation.

Wynand GouwsCertified Financial Planner & author

Behavioural Finance plays such a large role in all of our financial decisions. If it is investing, if it is trading, you know, even choosing your favourite ETF.

Rob van EydenCEO of IG Markets SA
Welcome to the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast
Welcome to the Nudging Financial Behaviour podcast

Behavioural Finance plays such a large role in all of our financial decisions. If it is investing, if it is trading, you know, even choosing your favourite ETF.

Rob van EydenCEO of IG Markets SA

Countdown to Season 2

Help you understand behavioural biases and how they impact decision making

Help you identify your biases and give you tools to minimise bad decision making