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Bruno Gardner, Head of Climate Change and Nature, and Connar McBain, Head of Group Public Affairs, join the podcast to explore how to unlock investment to support net zero transition.

Alex Murguia, CEO of RISA joins us from USA to discuss how the tool supports financial planning for his clients. How can the tool open the floor for a personalised discussion with clients? And how can psychology support advisers to delve deeper and understand their clients?

Rich Mayor, Senior Analyst at the Lang Cat, joins Louise Doherty, Head of Wholesale and Product Marketing at Standard Life, and Mike Ambery, Retirement Savings Director, as they take a fresh dive into our Retirement Voice 2024 data through the perspective of advisers.

The past ten to 15 years has seen significant change in the retirement income advice market as the way people approach retirement has changed. Pete Cowell, Head of Annuities, Individual Retirement Solutions at Standard Life, and Billy Burrows, Founder of the Annuity Project and financial adviser, join us to discuss the changes and explore the future of retirement income advice.

The Mansion House compact marked a significant commitment amongst pension providers and other institutions in the UK towards improving outcomes for savers. Callum Stewart, Head of Investment Proposition at Standard Life, and Sam Murphy, Investment Director at Future Growth Capital joins us to discuss how investment in good quality private asset opportunities could improve retirement outcomes.

The UK pensions industry has historically allocated very little DC pension investment into private markets. Yet when we look to our peers in Australia and Canada this is much higher. What can we learn from our international peers and how can private market investment benefit customers? Michela Bariletti, Chief Credit Officer and Head of Investment Research at Phoenix Group joins us to discuss.

2024 was hailed the year of the election, but what will the results mean for the economic outlook? And what trends can we anticipate for 2025? Find out in our discussion with Anthony O'Brien, Head of Market Strategy at Phoenix Group.

What a lot of people get wrong about emergency savings, how spending habits change during retirement – and why some retirees really return to work.

Our new framework outlines tests for determining the economic conditions that would allow for default contribution rates to increase. Find out more.

Future generations of older people are more likely to live in a rented home than they are today. So what might this mean for their retirement plans?

Artificial intelligence is set to reshape all our lives. Find out how trustees understand its limitations, use appropriate protection, and keep pace.

Financial wellness has been a hot topic in recent years, but what does it actually mean? And how can employers be sure the support they provide to employees really makes a difference?

Are we facing another lost decade in living standards? And, if so, what might this mean for interest rates, mortgage repayments and the labour market? Find out in our discussion with Paul Johnson, Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Are we facing another lost decade in living standards? What might this mean for interest rates, mortgage repayments and the labour market? Find out in our discussion with Paul Johnson, Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

To help understand how auto-enrolment may evolve in the UK, here are some insights into New Zealand’s KiwiSaver – the world’s first auto-enrolment opt-out national savings scheme.

We spoke to Paul Johnson, Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, about rising inflation and falling household income, economic inactivity, the mounting tax burden and the future of the State Pension.