Roundtable: What price financial advice?
Is there a cost-effective way of delivering financial advice to a mass market via the workplace by harnessing corporate employee benefit solutions? This was one of the topics discussed at a recent...
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Roy McLoughlin: what we can learn from retail to help women protect their futures
Women appear aware of the limits of state pension, health and welfare benefits, which might explain the steady increase in retail income protection – so why do so few women appreciate the...
Corporate Adviser Summit 2021: Confidence breeds better retirement planning
Pension providers need to encourage members to plan their finances from an early age, if they want to encourage financial wellness and better retirement outcomes. These were the conclusions from new Standard...
Money worries cause mental health problems for 60pc of employees
Financial worries are causing mental health problems for more than half of UK employees according to new research. Barnett Waddingham found 60 per cent of employees said money worries were causing them to...
L&G launches wellbeing webinar series for intermediaries and employers
Legal & General Group Protection has launched a new ‘bitesize’ webinar series designed to support businesses and their employees with workplace wellbeing. The series — called ‘School of Wellbeing’ — starts in...
Return to pre-Covid norms puts additional strain on workers’ financial wellbeing
Two thirds of UK workers say that since lockdown ended they are now wasting an additional £100 a week on ‘unnecessary luxuries’, which is potentially damaging their financial wellbeing. Despite this over...
Ben Pollard: Encouraging employees’ saving habits
Historically, household savings in the UK have been relatively low - at around just 9 per cent of household disposable income. Yet there have been many promising signs that the pandemic has...
UK firms recognise need to improve mental health support
Fewer than four out of 10 (39 per cent) UK firms think that the current mental health support available for employees is fit for modern-day purposes. The survey, conducted by Aon, also...
Alistair Dornan: Supporting women is a benefits priority
The pandemic has been incredibly sexist. Globally the recession, wrought by Covid-19, has ruthlessly targeted women - women who shouldered the burden of caring through reduced hours, women who found their jobs...
Cloud8: Bridging the benefits gap for 12 million UK SME employees
SPONSORED CONTENT Cloud8, the digital employee benefits platform provider, has launched BRIDGE - a new provider panel available to all subscribers to the company’s BEAM at Work™ platform. Still in its infancy,...
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