Pension trustee and founder of Mindful Pensions David Butcher has launched The Mindfulness Experience (TME), an experiential learning programme exploring mindfulness. TME emphasises mindfulness for resilience, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence. It goes...
The pension industry has broadly welcomed FCA proposals to introduce ‘targeted support’ as part of its wider review of the advice/ guidance boundary. A consultation on these proposals closed this week. But...
Vitality is launching a medicated weight loss pathway, offering discounted medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro. Members with a BMI over 35 and a weight-related condition will also receive lifestyle support and dietitian...
Two new categories have been introduced to the Corporate Adviser Awards 2024 to recognise excellence in individual advisory roles, celebrating professionals who drive innovation and deliver outstanding workplace employee benefits: Healthcare &...
The UK’s largest pension providers are “persistently failing” to address their role in financing both a climate and nature crisis, according to pressure group Make My Money Matter. Its latest report scores...
Businesses need to do more to help apprentices and younger employees understand pensions, according to the government’s Money and Pensions Service (MaPS). A survey by the public body found only one in...
The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) is calling for clearer guidance to help trust-based pension schemes make the most of targeted support. In its response to the FCA’s Advice Guidance Boundary Review,...
Annuity sales are at a 10 year high, with 89,600, people using their pension to secure a guaranteed income for life last year — a 24 per cent annual increase. In total...
SEI has appointed Leila Samara as client relationship director of defined contribution (DC). Samara has nearly 20 years of experience in the pensions industry, particularly in client management, consultancy, and proposition development....
The Chancellor’s sweeping Mansion House reforms for DC pensions are designed to achieve the government’s ambition of a highly consolidated DC pension market which can invest at scale to boost UK economic...
