The Equity Release Council, along with our Sponsors Aviva, Just and Pure Retirement, bring you the 3rd Great Retirement Money Debate. This year’s event ‘Mind over Money’ will focus on the role of the financial services industry in providing effective support to older consumers who may experience increasing challenges to their wellbeing

Faced with increasing longevity and a complex landscape for later life finances, understanding and responding to this subject is fundamental if we are to properly support the UK’s ageing population. As such, it should be high on the agenda of every firm offering retirement solutions.

Liz Barclay of the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) and The Council’s Standards Board will draw on her experience as a journalist, broadcaster, financial adviser and consumer champion to chair a two-part discussion that will:

• Assess the challenges that health issues pose to the industry when seeking to support older consumers, and the opportunities and risks these present.
• Explore the latest trends and thinking to support good financial outcomes which have a lasting positive impact in later life by accounting for potential changes to people’s wellbeing.

Our esteemed panelists include: 

• Baroness Ilora Finlay – National Mental Capacity Forum
• Linda Woodall – Financial Conduct Authority
• Louise Overton – University of Birmingham
• Jane Ashcroft CBE – Anchor and ARCO
• Ben Leonard – Meta Finance
• David Sinclair – International Longevity Centre-UK
• Claire Van Overdijk  – Outer Temple Chambers and member of STEP Mental Capacity Global Special Interest Group
• Henry Thompson – Association of British Insurers

A light lunch and refreshments will be available and tickets will be issued on a first come first serve basis.