In this inspiring episode of the Scottish Widows podcast, Robert Cochran, innovation & engagement specialist at Scottish Widows, interviews James Biggs, whose 35-year career has been defined by helping people make better...
Pension apps, Tik Tok, gamification, open finance – it’s a brave new world of pension engagement. It’s a tough nut to crack – getting more people saving enough for their future when...
Discover how TikTok is reshaping pensions engagement. With over 118 million pension-related searches in the last year, and the rise of #FINTOK, this deep dive explores how TikTok is helping UK savers...
A recent report co-authored by Scottish Widows explores the scale and scope of systemic risk and how investors can better identify, understand and tackle them. Systemic risks can have wide-ranging impacts across...
Once a niche solution, master trusts are now a dominant force in defined contribution (DC) workplace pensions, accounting for over 90% of trust-based DC membership*. They remain a key driver of growth...
From start-up beginnings to joining a business with over £100bn of workplace pension assets, Mithesh discusses his journey and how he’s helping Scottish Widows' workplace reshape their default fund to meet evolving...
With pension adequacy firmly in the spotlight this month as the government unveiled a new pension commission, the pace of change around pensions isn’t letting up. Figures persistently show too many people are...
There is a lot going on in the advice space. Between the polarised concepts of Guidance and Full Advice, we know from the FCA’s recent consultation paper (CP25/17), that the vision of...
SPONSORED CONTENT Private markets are rapidly becoming a hot topic in the workplace pensions world. In the past, access was limited to asset owners like Defined Benefit schemes, Sovereign wealth funds, Endowments...
SPONSORED CONTENT When pension freedoms arrived in 2015 giving people access to their DC (Defined Contribution) pensions from the age of 55, few could have anticipated just how much everything would change....
