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    • Friday, 28 February, 2020
      Pension drawdown
      Campaign for Clear Pension Charges

      Fees for a £1m fund in drawdown vary hugely — and some providers make it very hard to work out what they are  

    • Friday, 28 February, 2020
      Holly Mackay
      Let’s drink to clearer pension charges

      It is shameful and inexcusable that the industry makes it so hard for customers to identify and compare charges

    • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
      Pensions industry
      Tough line on pension deficits could push £5bn extra into schemes

      Regulator expected to unveil significant changes to funding rules

    • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
      AnalysisFTfm
      US investors confront home truths about private prison holdings

      The issue has become a hot political topic as the 2020 presidential election draws closer

    • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
      Q&AChart that Tells a Story
      The rising cost of care  

      Wealth gap opens up as few can afford the price of residential care

    • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
      UK politics & policy
      Tories urged to rethink state pension age increases

      Falling life expectancy and health inequality prompts calls for changes to policy

    • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
      Brexit
      UK insurers call for pension advice rethink

      Post-Brexit landscape offers chance to get rid of restrictive rules, says ABI

    • Sunday, 23 February, 2020
      UK Budget
      Pressure on chancellor to leave higher-earners’ pensions alone

      Message from Tory MPs that cutting tax relief would be ‘economic farce’

    • Friday, 21 February, 2020
      Personal Finance
      Government challenged over take-up of Pension Credit

      94,000 fewer people received the income top-up last year

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    • Friday, 21 February, 2020
      Merryn Somerset Webb
      Pensions tax relief on a slippery slope

      You might not like the thought of paying tax on your pension contributions — but it’s coming 

    • Friday, 21 February, 2020
      Mortgages
      How to ‘do the splits’ on your mortgage 

      Borrowers seeking greater flexibility on home loans ask brokers to split the difference 

    • Friday, 21 February, 2020
      ‘A few pounds’ of compensation could trigger pension tax charge

      HMRC issues guidance over payments to equalise pensions for men and women in final salary schemes 

    • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
      BAE Systems PLC
      BAE to halve pension deficit with £1bn injection

      UK defence group forecasts growth in earnings and cash on back of strong order book

    • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
      Pensions industry
      Vanguard unveils charges on low-cost pension

      Charges on new self-invested personal pension capped at £375 per year 

    • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
      Pensions industry
      Mis-selling fears force third-party pensions checks

      Companies bring in outside help to protect workers transferring out of schemes

    • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
      UK universities
      Universities face fresh strike over pay and pensions

      14 days of action could cause disruption to more than 1m students

    • Monday, 17 February, 2020
      Pensions industry
      Financial advisers turn their backs on pension transfer work

      Soaring insurance premiums on final salary schemes push firms to quit market

    • Sunday, 16 February, 2020
      Inside BusinessJonathan Ford
      ‘Cuddly’ capitalism needs a clear way to assess if it’s doing good

      Impact investors have to be sure they are really making a difference

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      Financials
      Can you afford to retire when you want to?

      Millions of people in their forties and fifties face tough — and often conflicting — financial choices

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Pensions tax relief: is time running out? 

      New chancellor Rishi Sunak would be wise to avoid slashing pension perks 

    • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
      Global InsightMartin Sandbu
      Macron presses on with pension reform despite political cost

      The unpopular French leader needs to reap economic benefits of his policies before 2022

    • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
      Pensions industry
      Pension plans under more pressure on climate risks

      Upgraded rules will demand further disclosure from trustees on ESG concerns

    • Monday, 10 February, 2020
      Only six out of 10 pensions to appear on new ‘dashboards’

      Pension providers urged to prioritise data clean-up ahead of launch later this year 

    • Monday, 10 February, 2020
      Workplace pensions
      UK pensions regulator retreats from trustees plan

      Watchdog warned last year of ‘unacceptable’ governance at smaller schemes

    • Friday, 7 February, 2020
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Winter fuel payments: time to throw them on the fire? 

      A move to donate universal benefits to charity could turn up the political heat  

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