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What stops people from seeking financial advice?

It feels like it’s time to start closing that knowledge gap if we’re to do anything about the advice gap.

To find out more, visit our website to read our report.

Source: Royal London customer research: Exploring the advice gap, April 2021. 

Author bio

Jamie Jenkins, Director of Policy and External Affairs at Royal London

Jamie has worked in financial services for over 30 years, primarily in the area of pensions. Most of his career to date was with Standard Life Aberdeen, holding positions in Operations, Marketing, Proposition Development and Policy.

In 2017, Jamie was appointed by the Department for Work & Pensions to chair the Automatic Enrolment review on coverage, which resulted in the proposals to remove the Lower Earnings Limit from pension calculations and lower the minimum age for eligibility from 22 to 18.

Latterly, he held the position Head of Global Savings Policy, speaking to people all over the world about different retirement systems and how countries were facing up to the challenge of an ageing population.

Jamie was appointed as Director of Policy & External affairs at Royal London in January 2021