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Pensions

  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
    Why pension funds should not be patriots

    Next spring’s expected UK pensions bill would be a good opportunity to boost auto-enrolment contributions

    Uluru rising from the Australian outback
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    UK Budget
    Labour has the UK’s wealthier over-65s in its sights

    Removing winter fuel subsidies for all but the poorest pensioners, is the first of many tough choices, the chancellor has warned

    Montage of two pension age people in front of a vote share graphic
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Sarah Moody
    Britain’s property obsession should not come at the expense of pensions

    Less than two-fifths of UK adults are saving enough for a comfortable retirement

    A man holds a model of a house in his palm
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Financial services
    Phoenix and Schroders team up for private markets venture

    Companies link up to create investment manager designed to channel more pension money into private businesses

    Schroders’ office building in London
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Claer Barrett
    It pays to be a lazy investor — but for how long?

    Passive investment strategies have outperformed, saving investors a fortune in fees, but it doesn’t always pay to be lazy

  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    InterviewMy Financial Life
    ‘We had to make our wine business work. There was no Plan B’

    Stephen Cronk, co-founder of Maison Mirabeau, on building a €15mn business

    Stephen Cronk in front of his vineyard in Provence
  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    Personal pensions
    Entrepreneurs, are you paying enough into your pension?

    Four in 10 self-employed people are not on track for even a minimum standard of retirement lifestyle

  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    UK insurance industry
    BoE warns it will restrict reinsurance deals if controls are not improved

    Regulator tells CEOs it could limit ‘amount and structure’ of business to prevent rapid build-up of risk in sector

    The Bank of England building on Threadneedle Street in the City of London
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    News in-depthChinese society
    Younger Chinese fume at call to raise retirement age

    Communist party meeting sparks online row as experts warn ageing population makes change ‘inevitable’

    Two women, one young and the other much older, exit a crowded Beijing subway train
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Infrastructure investment
    USS warns on future investments after Thames Water loss

    Pension fund says writedown of stake in troubled utility will ‘influence’ its approach

    A pedestrian passes a Thames Water vehicle in London
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Jonathan Eley
    A new pensions experiment could shake up the public sector

    Market forces get a say in United Learning’s scheme but there could be unintended consequences

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  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    Moral Money
    Pension funds pressure private equity over labour risks Premium content

    Calpers and New York State Common Retirement Fund push firms for stronger labour protections

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  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Reeves tells town halls to use their pension funds to fuel growth

    Treasury launches review of Britain’s pensions system with threat to force local governments to co-operate

  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Workplace pensions
    City grandees urge Reeves to tackle ‘impending crisis’ for British retirees

    Financial services veterans call on chancellor to prioritise increasing minimum workplace pension contributions

    Rachel Reeves, UK chancellor
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    ‘Government must act to avoid retirement crisis’

    Industry warns on pensions bill’s missed opportunity on minimum contributions

    Commuters at London’s Canary Wharf
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Toby Nangle
    Change is under way at last in UK pensions

    New bill tackles some pressing issues but much more reform is needed

    A man places a coin in a white piggy bank in front of a Union Jack
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Ministers set out legislation to boost Britons’ retirement savings

    Keir Starmer’s government announces plans to increase pension plan pooling and implement ‘value for money’ tests on funds

    Keir Starmer
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Pensions industry
    More FTSE-listed companies look to access pension surpluses

    More employers pause buyout plans with insurers after improvements to scheme funding positions

    Commuters leave a train station
  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Why are fewer people getting financial advice?

    Numbers are down on last year, thanks in part to the burden of new regulations. But is this necessarily a bad thing?

    Montage of woman from behind with pen and pound signs and exclamation marks
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Pensions industry
    UK pension plans overpay £1.5bn in fees to fund managers

    Analysis reveals some schemes pay up to 14 times more for the same product than rivals

    British one pound coins
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Brookfield creating UK insurer to join corporate pensions deal bonanza

    Private capital firms have been hunting ways into market as companies look to offload schemes

    City of London skyline
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Financial Advice
    How to protect your wealth from future Labour tax raids

    Advisers plot ways to ‘Labour-proof’ clients’ finances after landslide victory

  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Workplace pensions
    Should you put your state pension into a Sipp?

    Poser for those still working in their late 60s

    Commuters make their way to work in Manchester city centre
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Portugal
    Portugal to reintroduce tax breaks for skilled foreigners

    Retirees’ incomes will be excluded from perk as Lisbon aims to boost growth with 20% flat rate

    Tourists stand in front of Burberry store in Avenida dos Aliados, Porto
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    How to crack investing for retirement income

    Britons need urgent help with their long-term savings

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