According to new research by Uswitch, 40% of households wrongly believe the Energy Price Guarantee means their energy bills can't exceed £2,500. Nearly two in five households (38%) wrongly believe that the Energy Price Guarantee means their power bill cannot...
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Do you have the right tools to drive productivity, retention, and engagement?
By Jason Coari, VP, Product Marketing & Strategy, Lakeside Software Having the right tools to support your employees is critical to any organisation, but understanding how your employees interact with the technology they use is paramount to any company’s success....
Wealth Wizards launches Master Trust solution to increase member engagement
Wealth Wizards is continuing its mission to improve the financial wellbeing of people in the UK by launching a new solution for Master Trusts to help members increase engagement with their pension and to help schemes grow their AUM. Turo for Master Trusts is a...
Curtis Banks launch suite of tools to help tackle complex pension calculations
Curtis Banks, one of the UK’s leading independent self invested pension providers, is launching an additional suite of tools and calculators to help advisers tackle complex pension calculations. The tools and calculators are being developed in conjunction with fintech...
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Three quarters of British business owners dip into their own pockets as cost-of-living crisis bites
Almost three quarters of entrepreneurs have admitted to dipping into their personal savings in the last month to save their business from...
Over 3,000 business leaders, innovators, and investors to unite in the fight against climate change at Reset Connect London
Taking place 28th – 29th June 2022 at London’s ExCeL, Reset Connect London has been established to bridge the gap between sustainability...
Investors with over £1 trillion of assets under management throw weight behind social housing ESG reporting standard
Thirty-six lenders and investors have now adopted a UK social housing ESG standard, including Legal & General, M&G Investments,...
Aegon warns proposed complex changes to pension projections in dashboards could damage consumer engagement
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on changes to pension projections to create more consistency once pension dashboards...
A million pensioners may miss out on cost of living benefit because they don’t claim pension credits
Yesterday's cost of living support announcement by Chancellor Sunak means the introduction of a new, one-off £650 payment to more than 8...
Fidelity International partners with Canadian FinTech to launch ‘Conquest Planning’ software to the UK advice market
Fidelity International has partnered with Canadian FinTech company, Conquest, as the exclusive distributor of its financial planning...
Investors missed out on £1 billion in compensation due to £85,000 FSCS cap
Savers and investors have been undercompensated to the tune of £1 billion over the last 6 years as a result of the cap on compensation...
“New pension projection rules could generate ‘perverse and unrealistic’ results which could confuse the public” – LCP
Proposed new rules on how pension pots should be projected to retirement could lead to ‘perverse’ results, according to consultants LCP. ...
Claire Altman comments on the latest briefing note from the Pensions Policy Institute: Set for life? – Guaranteed incomes in retirement
Claire Altman, Managing Director of Individual Retirement at Standard Life comments: “Annuities were once the dominant retirement income...
The estate planning opportunity in 2022
Jessica Franks, Head of Retail Investment Products, Octopus Investments Soaring inflation combined with frozen tax allowances is having a...
Trustees? Why action is needed right NOW says legal expert
Laura Bywater, Head of Wealth Protection, Price Slater Gawne The deadline for trustees to register non-taxable trusts on HMRC’s Trust...
Ground breaking study on workplace mental health: Companies need to strengthen governance to sustain strategic focus
The first-ever benchmark on the management and disclosure of corporate mental health among 100 of the UK’s largest companies is published...
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