Three things your clients may call you about this week ...

What made financial headlines over the weekend?

clock • 4 min read

Here's our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend ...

Retirement savings at risk: MPs warn on safety of big funds that supply British companies' pension schemes Auto-enrolment (AE) is the main focus of the Mail, with its article Retirement savings at risk highlighting a new Commons' Work and Pensions Committee report that has warned "British workers face losing their retirement savings if poorly regulated pension funds go bust". The piece adds: "‘Gaps' in pensions regulation mean there is no guarantee over the stability of so-called ‘master trusts', which supply schemes to thousands of businesses." According to the Mail, the report goes o...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Adviser for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, industry insights and market intelligence
  • Stay ahead of the curve with spotlights on emerging trends and technologies
  • Receive breaking news stories straight to your inbox in the daily newsletters
  • Make smart business decisions with the latest developments in regulation, investing retirement and protection
  • Members-only access to the editor’s weekly Friday commentary
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes

Join

 

Already a Professional Adviser member?

Login

More on Your profession

Regulators publish joint consultation on DC pensions value for money

Regulators publish joint consultation on DC pensions value for money

'Pension schemes' performance will be public with a simple rating system'

Martin Richmond
clock 08 January 2026 • 5 min read
Female clients twice as likely to be unhappy with their adviser than men

Female clients twice as likely to be unhappy with their adviser than men

Dissatisfied with communication, trust and adviser/client relationship

Isabel Baxter
clock 08 January 2026 • 2 min read
Why the 'comfortable middle' faces a tougher decade ahead

Why the 'comfortable middle' faces a tougher decade ahead

‘From a client’s perspective, it feels like earning more while keeping less’

Anthony Villisis
clock 08 January 2026 • 5 min read