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  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Pensions industry
    UK ‘final salary’ pension reform watered down after backlash

    Industry and trustees warned that proposals on investing in lower-risk assets would have led to scheme closures

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Pensions
    Thousands of UK savers advised to give up final-salary pensions

    FCA data showing transfers under banned charging model adds to mis-selling fears

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Pensions
    UK fintech offers world’s ‘first’ net zero pension fund

    Retirement savers offered growing range of green options

  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    Pensions industry
    Nest plans bold expansion into private markets

    UK workplace pension scheme with 10m members aims to lift private market holdings from 9% to 15%

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Financial fraud
    Tech groups told to give better protection against online fraud

    Police and regulators tell MPs that billions might have been lost to pension scams

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    Q&APensions
    How does redundancy affect my pension?

    A record 370,000 people were laid off in the three months to October

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Pensions industry
    OECD warns against using pension assets for ‘pet projects’

    Nations worldwide have racked up large debts to support economies through pandemic

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Wirecard AG
    Payments operator criticised over Wirecard legal move

    London-listed Network International accused of keeping investors ‘in the dark’ after appointing Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

  • Saturday, 5 December, 2020
    California State Teachers' Retirement System
    Calstrs plans green shift after Joe Biden’s victory

    The $254bn pension fund hopes to cut emissions and boost eco-friendly investments

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Q&APersonal Finance
    Arcadia collapse: what it means for 10,000 staff pensions

    Industry ‘lifeboat’ will now assess state of company’s retirement schemes

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Arcadia Group Ltd
    UK ministers to ‘keep a close eye’ on Arcadia collapse

    Promise comes as MPs demand answers about pension payments

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Arcadia Group Ltd
    Arcadia retail group collapses into administration

    Philip Green’s group becomes highest-profile retail victim of pandemic, putting 13,000 jobs at risk

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Arcadia Group Ltd
    Pressure builds on Philip Green over future of Arcadia pension scheme

    Concern for 10,000 members of retirement fund, which has estimated £350m deficit

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Arcadia Group Ltd
    Philip Green’s Arcadia on brink of collapse

    More than 13,000 jobs at risk as owner of Topshop, Burton and Wallis prepares to enter administration

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    UK to stop using RPI inflation measure in 2030

    Move will save taxpayer billions of pounds each year but hit some pensioners and bondholders

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Workplace pensions
    Thousands in line for final salary pension payouts after High Court ruling

    People who transferred benefits out of schemes will be entitled to equalisation payments

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Can you be sure of a comfortable retirement after the pandemic?

    The economic disruption triggered by Covid-19 has required pension savers to revisit their plans

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Pensions industry
    Pension trustees set to block suspect transfers

    Estimated 40,000 UK retirement savers have been scammed since 2015

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    UK financial regulation
    Andrew Bailey signals looser UK financial regulations in investment drive

    BoE governor says more ‘productive investment’ required to recover quickly from crisis

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    Personal pensions
    FCA pressed for details of pension transfers probe

    Regulator has opened fewer than 70 mis-selling inquiries

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    Pensions industry
    Labour calls for UK pension funds to be carbon neutral by 2050

    Opposition party in push to align retirement schemes with Paris climate agreement

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    Personal pensions
    Online pensions dashboard delayed until 2023

    Campaigners protest at hold up with system aimed at streamlining information for consumers

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Pensions crisis
    UK pensions regulator warns trustees over signs of employer distress

    Thousands of defined benefit schemes urged to be more alert over fears members could suffer in hasty business rescues

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Workplace pensions
    Australia’s pensions minister clashes with fund managers and green lobby

    Climate-sceptic government to force pension trustees to act in best ‘financial’ interests of members

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    InterviewFTfm
    The senator shaking up Australia’s A$3tn pensions sector

    Jane Hume is reforming the superannuation system after a career in private sector finance roles

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