Households are feeling optimistic overall that their finances will improve in next 12 months, for the first time in five years, the Scottish Widows Household Finance Index has found. 18 to 34 year olds are particularly upbeat. More here from Jackie uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/household…

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Today, Charlie Nunn joins us as Executive Director and Group Chief Executive. Hear from him on his first day on why he's excited to get started: lloydsbankinggroup.com/insights/charl…

Look out for out #PAD21 projections Scottish Widows #pensionawarness

Pension value often significantly outweighs the value of a home on divorce yet they are all to often excluded

Love this, great that Guy is back enjoying school and lovely to see him write ‘I like peaches’. Well done my boy and thank you Clyde team :)

Can women’s retirement savings stretch far enough to cover the cost of care and living longer? Visit our hub to read our new #WomenAndRetirement Report and help overcome the #GenderPensionGap: spr.ly/6014JeaM2

Countdown!

For those of you not able to dial in this morning, have a watch. How much of this are we all thinking about and planning for?

Next up we have Best Master Trust. A really strong category and so our judges want to highly commended goes to Scottish Widows Master Trust. Well done SWidowsAdviser

Now on to Best Group Pension Provider and highly commended tonight goes to SWidowsAdviser – great work!

Our update on investments due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine:

Great to have Paul Williams and Mark Futcher of Barnett Waddingham bring to life the challenges of a real life Master Trust to Master Trust transfer - chaired superbly by Sharon Bellingham

Nice to pick up a paper on the way home and see Scottish Widows backing the Pay Your Pension Some Attention! campaign #pensionattention

Some eye opening stats, it’s really no wonder our care system is in crisis. Existing services under strain due to lack of staff. Care staff are essential to support people in living their lives and should be paid accordingly.

A super day, huge thanks to our employer panel. Your top tips were ace!

This is the richest and most comprehensive report we have done to date. We explore who is on track for a comfortable retirement and who will struggle. Knowing more about the nature of the challenge means that Govt, employers, and the industry can deploy more targeted remedies.

Great coverage of an important report which we hope will help Government, Employers and the industry to consider the challenges at a more granular level, making remedies more specific and effective.