Opinion

Running a smaller defined benefit pension scheme can be a real challenge and comes at a vast expense. There have been more than 1,000 new pieces of pensions legislation since the turn...

Master trusts like ours have had a real opportunity to engage millions of workers who simply aren’t thinking about how they’re going to fund their retirement. Many are bewildered by the concept...

The need for you to recommend benefits that help support your clients’ employees’ health, safety and welfare is greater than ever. Here are five important questions to ask to help give you...

When pensions freedoms were introduced in 2015, there were a significant number who were concerned about the bold new policy, fearful of the potential for unintended consequences. During the intervening six years...

How big a difference is there between guidance and full financial advice? Guidance is better than nothing and can help inform, educate and raise awareness. But it is nowhere near as effective...

Mental ill-health is often perceived as a personal struggle, left at the door when employees arrive for work. But 300,000 people with long-term mental ill health lose their jobs each year, due...

A recent report by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) reported that individuals with common mental health conditions have a typical yearly income of £8,400 less than the rest of...

At the beginning of March Royal London pulled off a major coup with the acquisition of automated advice provider Wealth Wizards. The capability of the Wealth Wizards tool goes far beyond what...

Tesla’s announcement in a SEC filing on Monday 8 February 2021 that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin - described by some as digital gold - was quickly followed by...

For a decade or more, the UK financial services industry has been peddling the myth that our pension pots will see us through our later years if only we would save a...