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  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Q&AWorkplace pensions
    What can we learn from the UK’s £11mn pension saver?

    Investors with substantial retirement pots have much to worry about ahead of a general election

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Workplace pensions
    Send us your pension questions

    Put your queries about pensions and retirements to expert panel including Sir Steve Webb

  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    Jason Butler
    Do you have a plan for your retirement money?

    People seldom have clear financial goals but planning can help

  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    These superfund zombies won’t take over the pensions market

    For-profit superfunds raise concerns about regulatory arbitrage but the need for them is much reduced after market changes

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    US economy
    More US retirement savers feel ‘off track’, BlackRock survey shows

    Report points to anxiety after high inflation and volatile markets of past two years

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    Pensions industry
    UK pension funds must broaden investments, new regulator warns

    Trustees should consider best interests of savers or face ‘robust’ intervention, says Nausicaa Delfas

  • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
    Martin Wolf
    The government needs to be far bolder on pension reform

    Jeremy Hunt recognises the failings of the current system but his ‘Mansion House compact’ fails to address them

  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    UK tax
    Government plans to scrap income tax benefits for inherited pensions

    Proposals follow April’s axing of lifetime allowance

  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    Moira O'Neill
    Annuities look sexy again: should Barbie buy one at 64?

    There are arguments for and against even with today’s wobbling stock market

  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Universities Superannuation Scheme
    UK universities set to secure big cut in pensions bill

    Universities Superannuation Scheme records a surplus after more than a decade in deficit due to sharp rise in interest rates

  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Just Group PLC
    Insurer Just Group’s sales double as corporate pension deals surge

    FTSE 250 group generates record first-half results

  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Sarah O'Connor
    Some people need to be nudged into saving

    Successful trials in the UK are a useful reminder of the protective power of the ‘rainy day fund’

  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    Markets InsightToby Nangle
    UK pension reform push relies on a big bet

    Jeremy Hunt’s plans to increase allocations to private equity assume returns will stay high with fees falling

  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Moira O'Neill
    How to opt out of Hunt’s risky plans for your pension

    Your money will be in peril in UK private equity boost scheme

  • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
    Pension Protection Fund
    UK employers’ insurance levy payments to fall as pension rescue scheme prospers

    Pension Protection Fund reserves exceed shortfall of the plans it protects for the first time

  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    UK politics
    Funding public sector pay rises means trade-offs Tories cannot stomach

    British politics is stuck as long as spending cuts and further government borrowing are off the table

  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    The future of UK pensions: delayed and confused

    Flurry of consultations does not inspire confidence in chancellor’s promised clear ‘direction of travel’

  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
    Workplace pensions
    UK seeks to improve employers’ access to pension surpluses

    Government opens consultation on how to channel billions of pounds from defined benefit funds into wider economy

  • Monday, 10 July, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Jeremy Hunt’s plan is pragmatic but not bold

    Mansion House speech makes small inroads into Britain’s broad growth problem

  • Monday, 10 July, 2023
    News in-depthUK politics
    ‘Mansion House reforms’ seek to channel pension savings into unlisted firms

    Treasury says deal could unlock up to £50bn of investment in high-growth companies by 2030

  • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
    The Big Read
    The pension deal bonanza remaking the UK’s retirement sector

    Soaring interest rates have facilitated a big rise in ‘bulk annuity’ transactions, but the impact of transferring tens of billions of pounds of assets to a handful of insurers could be profound

  • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
    Pensions industry
    New York City pension boss shuns stocks as interest rates rise

    Lure of higher bond yields causes $250bn scheme to cut back equity exposure

  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    InterviewUK economy
    Hunt looks to City of London to bolster UK growth

    Chancellor wants pension funds to invest more in start-ups and other fast-growing companies

  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    Workplace pensions
    BP in talks over insurance deal for £30bn pension scheme

    Fund’s trustees considering paying an insurer to take over liabilities of energy group’s UK final salary plan

  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    Moira O'Neill
    Rescue your retirement — and your pension plan

    Calculate the total sum you need for a comfortable income

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