Last month hosted World Menopause Day, a campaign aimed at breaking the stigma around menopause discussions while highlighting the support available. Reports suggest that menopause symptoms can cost women up to around £126,000 in lost retirement savings and yet [..]
Retirement on their terms is likely to be one of the key elements of your employees' financial planning. Read our latest guide to discover how your employees could generate an income later in life. Many people see retirement as the start of their “second [..]
Welcome to our September/October edition of Smart Money. On 30th October 2024, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, will deliver the Autumn Budget Statement 2024. The outcomes of this Autumn Budget will have far-reaching implications, potentially influencing [..]
Retirement could be a long-awaited chapter in your employees' lives. They may have been dreaming about how to make use of the extra time, or perhaps they've already planned an adventure to kickstart their life after work. Yet, for many people, retirement can be [..]
When your employees retire, they will often have a range of choices available as to how they can take their retirement income. One such method is an annuity. An annuity could provide them with a way to create a guaranteed income once they retire. As a result, [..]
How financial wellbeing gives your employees stability in retirement...with room for fun too. Reports suggest that achieving “financial stability” is the main aim for a vast majority of UK retirees. Having sufficient money to pay bills each [..]
When your employees start to access their pension, how will they take an income? One of their options may be to withdraw a flexible income that suits their needs through a flexi-access drawdown. A flexible income puts them in control and means they can adjust how [..]
As an employer, you will be aware of the acute importance of employee pension contributions. With the introduction of auto-enrolment more than a decade ago, it has never been easier for individuals to contribute to a workplace pension. Yet, according to research [..]
Welcome to our latest edition. Inside, we look at why now is the time to make sure you protect your wealth. The word ‘inflation’ had barely featured in the market’s vocabulary in the last three decades until it suddenly started to come back with a vengeance in [..]
Retirement is an important part of all our lives. For some employees it might just be a few years away, compared with others who have decades to go. But no matter what age, it’s important for everyone and making sure we are ready for whenever the day comes, is [..]
The behavioural science technique could adjust the short-term bias that younger people naturally have in relation to their finances. In financial planning, visualisation enables clients to explore their financial goals. Imagining their future self at [..]
Speaking to Employee Benefits, Matthew Mitten, Partner at Secondsight, talks about the impact of the Covid-19 on retirement savings. Employees may have seen a downturn in the value of their pensions investments and may feel apprehensive about their performance [..]
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