Samantha Downes
Samantha has been a personal finance and consumer journalist for 20 years. She has also written several books on personal finance and been behind the launch of several well-known financial news websites.
Six things that could hit pension pots by £100,000 or more
How to help clients with their financial wellbeing
CPD
Approx.30min
Scrapping private landlords could solve housing crisis
Are cryptos still too high risk to be taken seriously?
How can advisers help women from losing £4bn every year
In Focus: Retirement income advice
Solving small pots problem will see savers engage with retirement planning
In Focus: Retirement income advice
With-profits annuities and advice could solve later life funding crisis
‘Shocking’ tech leaves pensions industry in precarious position
Thousands wiped off client's pension after Aviva applies wrong charges
How to help clients use carry forward
CPD
Approx.30min
Asset managers need to stop rewarding bad performance
Activists urge pension funds to address climate change
Pensions minister to knock on door of providers who slack on dashboard
Invested retirees need more guidance and flexible products
In Focus: Pushing the advice boundary
Pensions guidance and advice boundary may need to be ‘blurred’
Fears over healthcare trump those on climate change and the economy
How to help self-employed clients sort out their pensions
CPD
Approx.30min