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Equity Release Council Announces Leadership Summit with FCA and MP Speakers

The Equity Release Council will hold its inaugural Later Life Lending Summit: Leaders’ Symposium on 16 June at Church House Westminster. The event will feature keynote speeches from Emad Aladhal, director of retail banking at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, deputy speaker of the House of Commons.

The summit is designed to bring together policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders to discuss how property wealth can be better integrated into mainstream retirement planning. The agenda will focus on the need for a holistic approach to later life finances, including the roles of pensions, housing wealth, and financial resilience.

The event will include a senior leadership forum and a formal, discussion-led lunch. Topics for discussion will include funding and innovation, women and retirement, international perspectives, responsible growth, trust, and consumer outcomes.

Headline sponsors for the summit are Finova and Legal & General (L&G). The Equity Release Council will also launch its retirement compass at the event, a tracker developed in partnership with Fairer Finance to examine retirement finance adequacy.

Letting agents and inventory clerks may find the summit’s focus on property wealth and its integration into retirement planning particularly relevant, as it highlights the growing importance of housing assets in later life financial strategies.

More information about the event can be found at laterlifelendingsummit.com.