The trustees of several major UK DB pension schemes have demanded a judicial review of government plans to replace the Retail Prices Index (RPI) with housing cost-based Consumer Prices Index (CPIH) as...
Could affordable financial advice be the next essential ‘added-value’ service offered as part of a comprehensive employee benefit package? This was one of the central issues discussed as part of a wide-ranging...
The industry’s fear of taking responsibility for financial advice is leaving employees taking non-advised guidance journeys that are often leading them to the wrong destination. This was the subject of debate at...
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...
The employee benefit consultancy PES has rebranded as Amba, and is launching a new employee benefits digital platform. This workplace platform, known as Lumina, will have an environmental focus to particularly to...
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...
Infrastructure investment is beneficial for the development of society and helps to improve people’s quality of life, but it can also help generate stable, inflation-linked investment returns for defined contribution (DC) pension funds....
WorkLife by OpenMoney has appointed Paul Chedzey as its new relationship director. Chedzey has over 10 years’ business development experience within the financial advice market and will be responsible for growing and...
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...
It’s easy to underestimate just how important the FCA sees its new investment pathways initiative, which came into effect last month, and the extent to which it symbolises its changing approach to regulation....
