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Originally from Winnipeg, the home of Canada Life, it was as CEO of the UK arm of that insurer that Doug Brown made the switch to Aviva in 2021, succeeding Aviva Life’s...

There is now a plethora of wellbeing services, products and apps available to companies and their employees — covering everything from stop-smoking programmes, daily step ‘challenges’, financial coaching, neurodiversity support, menopause advice,...

Diversity, inclusion and equity — or DE&I — may have become  a buzzword across the financial services industry in recent years, but this relatively new three-letter acronym refers to many age-old and...

Workplace wellbeing and mental health have moved up the corporate agenda over the past decade. But despite this increased focus there has been relatively little innovation in recent years when it comes...

In the pensions advisory space, Isio is very much one of the new kids on the block. But this hasn’t proved to be a brake on its growth ambitions. The firm’s latest financial...

UKworkplace pension schemes have the potential to drive radical change at companies across the globe on a range of environmental and social issues, and there’s a growing band of employees willing it...

Are we asking too much of our financial wellbeing solutions? Can a single solution solve all the various problems of the diverse range of personalities that make up every workforce in the...

With the prospect of a Labour government taking power in 2024 or possibly even sooner, the pensions industry should start preparing itself for potential changes in Whitehall. After 12 years out of...

There will be times in your life when you need to take a break from employment, retrain, or change your course says Steve Butler, CEO, Punter Southall Aspire. Having spent the four...

Ten years on from the launch of auto-enrolment and two decades from the Pensions Commission that shaped it, the world of workplace pensions has been transformed. Reducing means testing, raising the state...