4 in 5 (78%) of Financial Planners go beyond dealing with pure financial matters with their retirement clients to provide advice on life after work.

The Initiative for Financial Wellbeing, a non-profit membership organisation set up by Financial Planning firm entrepreneur Chris Budd, has been joined by two new recruits.

The Personal Finance Society has created a ‘wellbeing’ hub to help advisers suffering from the long term impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.

New research has revealed that professional financial advice boosts consumers’ emotional wellbeing – especially in times of crisis - and ongoing relationships with advisers provide the most benefit.