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  • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
    State pension triple lock
    Lords defeat government over change to UK state pension uplift

    Peers vote to keep ‘triple lock’ despite extra £5bn cost to Treasury, but move faces reversal in Commons

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Pension scheme members must keep calm in the face of Arcadia shock

    Employees of failing companies should not transfer out of defined benefit funds but trust PPF umbrella

  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Peers demand post-crisis public inquiry

    Any probe likely to revive criticism of government’s delayed actions in tackling Covid-19

  • Friday, 5 October, 2018
    Workplace pensions
    New safeguards for millions in master trust workplace pensions

    Some scheme providers are likely to quit the market says the regulator

  • Friday, 14 September, 2018
    Workplace pensions
    Errors in pensions tax relief cost millions

    Small firms more likely to make mistakes in payroll

  • Wednesday, 2 May, 2018
    Personal Finance
    Tax charge soars as lifetime pension allowance is breached

    Savers who breach £1.03m ceiling face levy of up to 55 per cent

  • Friday, 3 November, 2017
    Workplace pensions
    ‘Millions could be hit by missing pension records’ 

    Former minister warns of unreliable archives for older savers 

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
    Insurance
    Whitehall delayed pensions cold calling ban, claims ex-minister

    Civil servants resisted curbs to prevent scams, Baroness Altmann tells MPs

  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2017
    Personal Finance
    Pension Wise website unclear on tax rules, says former minister

    Over-55s who take a lump sum from savings risk a big bill, warns Baroness Altmann

  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2017
    Global Economy
    There is a magic money tree — it’s called QE

    Monetary policy has had a very damaging effect on pensions

  • Friday, 17 March, 2017
    Final salary schemes
    FT Money event — Should you cash in your final salary pension?

    Reader event on April 3 to feature Baroness Ros Altmann

  • Friday, 3 March, 2017
    Investments
    Where can I get the new Lifetime Isa?

    Many banks and investment platforms will not offer account for under-40s

  • Friday, 17 February, 2017
    Insurance
    Pensions savers urged to be vigilant on exit fees

    Charges to be capped at 1 per cent in March, cutting cost of transfers

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2017
    UK business & economy
    Pensions industry alarm at government savings leaflet

    Treasury document fails to list pensions as a way to save in 2017

  • Sunday, 13 November, 2016
    Final salary schemes
    QE is harming business via greater pension costs, survey finds

    Ballooning pension deficits are hitting profits and leading to hiring freezes

  • Friday, 11 November, 2016
    Pension automatic enrolment
    Best of Money: Lifetime Isa — savings magic or future scandal?

    Our panel debates whether the Lisa is the answer to the savings crisis

  • Tuesday, 11 October, 2016
    UK public finances
    UK budget watchdog warns of Osborne’s £5bn pensions gap

    Analysis claims former chancellor’s reforms will spark problem in the long term

  • Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
    Undercover EconomistTim Harford
    Why central bankers shouldn’t have skin in the game

    ‘Yes, incentives matter. But they often matter for all the wrong reasons’

  • Monday, 12 September, 2016
    Final salary schemes
    BoE’s gold-plated pensions edge into fully funded status

    Concerns about the scale of contributions to BoE scheme

  • Monday, 22 August, 2016
    News in-depthFTfm
    Pensions: Low yields, high stress

    In the first article of a series, the Financial Times examines a creeping social and political crisis

  • Sunday, 14 August, 2016
    Fund management
    The week’s news in brief: August 15

    The Investment Association says hidden fees are the ‘Loch Ness monster’ of the investment market

  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2016
    Final salary schemes
    Parliament must probe company pensions crisis, says ex-minister

    Baroness Altmann says BoE’s new round of QE will push more schemes ‘over the edge’

  • Thursday, 4 August, 2016
    Brexit
    Bank of England interest rate cut widens pension funding gap

    Deficit of British retirement schemes at a record high of £945bn

  • Sunday, 31 July, 2016
    State pension
    Government to keep the triple lock on state pension until 2020

    Former minister warns of spiralling cost of inflation-busting policy

  • Sunday, 31 July, 2016
    Isas
    Lifetime Isa critics fear pensions hit

    Government accused of secrecy over demand for ‘Lisa’ some fear will not help young savers

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