Verona Kenny

1 month ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Tom Browne |Darius McQuaid |Verona Kenny |Kimberley Dondo

Until I revisited Stephen McDowell’s anniversary article below, I’d completely forgotten about the Y2K bug. This little scare dominated the headlines back in the late Nineties, causing many sleepless nights about potential systemic failures in everything from banking to infrastructure. In the end, it was a damp squib – hence my memory lapse. If only all fears were so transient.

1 month ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Verona Kenny |Daniel Simpson

Phoenix Group is “fully equipped” to capitalise on the UK annuity and retirement markets, the firm’s chief financial officer has insisted. During a webinar discussing Phoenix’s 2024 financial results, Nicolaos Nicandrou said he was “pleasantly surprised” by the opportunities in both the UK annuity and retirement markets.

1 month ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Verona Kenny |Jamie Jenkins |Matthew Connell |Kimberley Dondo

As International Women’s Day comes around, much of the conversation rightly focuses on the gender wealth gap. This also includes the fact that fewer women than men are seeking financial advice, although not always by as much as you might think (I’ll come on to that). The gender pensions gap is stubbornly wide, even across younger generations and in spite of over ten years of auto-enrolment. Assumptions about women are seemingly hard wired into the jobs market.