Financial resilience

More than one in five – 21 per cent - of smaller firms expect to lay off staff by September and 90 per cent of employers say their staff have approached them...

Generation Xers with caring responsibilities are hampered in their ability to save for their retirement and have poorer health than those who are not carers, according to research from the International Longevity Centre...

To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness week (May 10- 16th) employee benefits specialists and insurers are publishing new information to help employers better support their employees’ mental health in the...

Three out of four employers agree that they need to take a more active role to support employees’ financial wellbeing following the pandemic, according to new research. Willis Towers Watson’s Future of...

Aegon UK has acquired the communications and engagement firm Pension Geeks. The company, which was founded in 2014 has become a leader in helping employers and financial service providers build bespoke events...

Two thirds of those retiring in 2021 risk exhausting their pension pots, and having insufficient funds to sustain their retirement income, according to a new report from Standard Life Aberdeen.  The research...

Leading Conservative MPs are calling for a change to the auto-enrolment rules, to compel pension providers to offer a ‘sidecar’ savings option.  The Tory Reform Group, led by former minister Damian Green...

The impact of Covid-19 on workers’ finances has become a growing concern for employers this past year. Data from UK Finance, the trade body, showed that almost four million payment holidays were...

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...