From Niche to Normal: Mainstreaming Housing Wealth in UK Retirement Planning
Programme Overview
Morning Conference (08:45 – 12:45)
Registration & Networking
Light breakfast and early access to key Index findings.
Welcome & Strategic Framing
Setting the context: pensions adequacy, demographic change and the Council’s 2029 ambition.
The State of Later Life Finance 2026
Presentation of the inaugural Retirement Compass: The Later Life Finance Index.
Regulatory Keynote
Consumer outcomes, trust and regulatory expectations in a growing later life lending market.
Funding Retirement in a Housing-Rich Nation
A high-level policy discussion examining the role of housing wealth in the UK’s retirement system.
Global Lessons
Comparative insights from international markets.
Scaling Without Compromise
How to grow responsibly, exploring evidence, guardrails and reputational resilience.
From Index to Impact
A call to action: embedding housing wealth within mainstream retirement planning.
Leadership Lunch (13:00 – 15:00)
An elevated, structured leadership discussion bringing together senior figures from across policy, regulation and industry.
- An elevated, structured leadership discussion.
- Chair’s reflections on sector evolution
- Recognition of outstanding contribution to responsible market development
- Perspective-setting keynote speaker
- Facilitated three-course discussion exploring:
- The long-term retirement landscape
- What must change culturally, professionally and regulatorily
- What leadership commitment is required over the next 12 months
The day closes with a clear challenge: If housing wealth is to become mainstream, how do we ensure trust scales with it?
