Financial advice should be added to workplace benefits – report

PIMFA Leading Lights Forum findings

Jen Frost
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Future leaders have urged financial planners to work collaboratively to bring financial advice to workplace benefits.

The calls came at a Wednesday (11 February) launch event for PIMFA's 2025/26 Leading Lights Forum report. Among findings, it was reported that approaching six in ten (58%) of individuals who have never taken financial advice would use a free advice service through their employer. A further 25% were undecided on whether they would access a financial adviser through the workplace. The reported suggested that, with around 35 million people of working age in England and Wales, employers offer the "potential to reach a significant proportion of the population". The report recommended...

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