Standard Life UK

Great to see the team from Vidett sign up to Race for Life this year. Good luck everyone!🎊

Increased living costs and insufficient pension funds have forced many retirees to go back to work. Esther Hawley shares 6 ways employers can play a key role in helping people engage with their pension – and increase their chances of achieving their retirement goals 👇 1️⃣ Do you offer a matching pension contribution scheme? Shout about it! It could encourage employees to pay more into their pension. 2️⃣ If you offer a bonus sacrifice scheme, ensure your communications are clear and simple to help employees understand the potential tax benefits. 3️⃣ Signpost to financial education content to help employees understand their money better. This could help them feel more confident making decisions about their financial future. 4️⃣ It’s likely that many of your employees have a few old pension pots dotted around. Helping employees find old pensions could give them more clarity over their future finances. 5️⃣ Point employees to online retirement tools that help them understand what kind of retirement lifestyle they’re on track for. 6️⃣ Keep track of which Retirement Living Standard your employees fall into. We know some retirees returned to work due to insufficient savings, so it's important to support those most at risk. For more information on financial wellbeing, including resources on how you can help support your employees, take a look at our Financial Wellbeing hub 👉 http://spr.ly/6048bSIi2

This week we launch our Trustee Accelerator Programme with the first intake of trainee trustees from a wide variety of personal and professional backgrounds. A key focus of the Programme is to increase diversity and inclusion among the ranks of pension scheme board trustees, so they are more reflective of the scheme members they represent. Donna Walsh, Founder of the Trustee Accelerator Programme and Head of Master Trust, shares more 👉 http://spr.ly/6047bih7V

🚨 Big news alert 🎉 A massive congratulations to our incredible colleagues, nominated for this year's Professional Pensions Women in Pensions Awards! 🌟 Abigail Cohen 🌟 Caroline Brown 🌟 Charlotte Fletcher 🌟 Claire Sinclair 🌟 Donna Walsh 🌟 Emma Furlonger 🌟 Gail Izat 🌟 Joanna Hamlin 🌟 Katherine Lacey 🌟 Louise Doherty 🌟 Louise Jamison 🌟 Rhian Littlewood 🌟 Stephanie Coventry And congratulations as well to our Phoenix Group colleagues, Caroline Molland, Jess Williams, and Joyeeta Kanungo FIA also nominated for this year's awards 🥳 We couldn't be more proud of our inspiring team 💙

Our research shows that younger workers in particular could benefit from support with their finances, and their employers have the opportunity to lead the way! Discover our tips to help your Gen Z employees 👉 http://spr.ly/6040wW6qm

For many in Australia’s superannuation industry there is one principal measure of value for money: net benefit outcome. Want to find out more? http://spr.ly/6049wpnqz

For a lot of women, having children is associated with having a lower income. Thankfully, employers can help to tackle this problem – by providing more flexible working conditions, says Donna Walsh, Head of Master Trust 👉 http://spr.ly/6046wwF7g

🎉 Drum roll please… 🥁 We’ve been shortlisted for 7 awards at the UK Pensions Awards 🥳 It’s fantastic to receive this recognition across our offering. See you at the ceremony in June!

The Australian pension model is sometimes cited as one that the UK could emulate in order to generate larger investment returns. But is it really that simple? Find out in our article ⏬ http://spr.ly/6043Z0k4T

Two-thirds of employee benefit consultants say that illiquid assets have delayed a bulk purchase annuity transaction they advised on – according to our survey. Find out more about what EBCs and trustees think about illiquids in our latest report ➡️ http://spr.ly/6046Z08pM