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  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Economists Exchange
    Andrew Scott: ‘We have to invest much more in our future selves’

    We’ve never expected people to be living into their 10th decade, so we’ve never planned for it. Now that must change

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Netherlands
    Dutch senators approve pensions overhaul

    Vote paves way for Netherlands to move to a ‘defined contribution’ model by 2028

  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Pensions
    Shorter life expectancy gives UK pensions an unexpected windfall

    Forecasts could cut liabilities of private sector defined benefit schemes, industry figures say

  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    UK confirms delay in lifting of state pension age to 68

    Government says shifts in life expectancy need to be factored in and that review will decide future changes

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    Spanish politics
    Spain’s fix for pension shortfall: make younger people pay

    Faced with an ageing population and ballooning costs, Madrid has opted to raise contributions rather than cut benefits

  • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
    Lex
    Pension ages: reforms focus attention on longevity gaps Premium content

    A one-age-fits-all policy benefits the better off.

  • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
    Delay to UK state pension age rise risks costing £60bn, says think-tank

    Institute for Fiscal Studies points to ‘significant long-term challenges from ageing population’

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Ministers delay plan to lift UK state pension age to 68 as life expectancy falls

    Tory MPs worried move would spark backlash after retirement tax break for wealthy

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    Pensions
    Deadline extended for boosting UK state pension

    Chance to pay missing national insurance payments as far back as 2006

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Oliver Ralph
    Time to deal with the ‘nastiest, hardest problem in finance’

    UK government needs to avert slow-motion pensions crisis by ensuring retirees are properly advised

  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    UK economic growth
    UK urged to curb pension freedoms to boost workforce

    Resolution Foundation seeks rethink on ‘regressive’ tax breaks helping top earners to retire early

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    Pensions industry
    Ministers urged to limit ‘generous’ UK pension reliefs for highest earners

    IFS says cutting 25% tax-free lump sum would allow government to raise contribution allowances

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    South Korea Economy
    South Korea’s pension fund forecast to run out in 2055 as demographic crisis hits

    Ageing population and underemployment add to pressures as Seoul pushes for reform

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    The retirement revolution is only just beginning

    Expectation of a long and healthy old age is unequally distributed, piling up advantages for the affluent

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    Workplace pensions
    ‘High-earning men face a state pension shortfall’

    Top 10 per cent male earners pay more in national insurance than they get in retirement benefit, study reveals

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Emmanuel Macron’s indispensable pensions overhaul

    Raising the retirement age is necessary but fraught with political challenges

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    News in-depthFrench politics
    ‘We must work longer’: Macron prepares for fight over French pensions reform

    Passing law on retirement system is test of whether president can deliver on his second-term agenda

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    French economy
    France struggles to keep older workers in the labour market

    Macron wants to raise retirement age but over-55s say they face barriers to employment

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK yet to compensate 200,000 for state pension underpayment

    Shortfall first flagged 2 years ago affects mainly older women who did not receive automatic uplifts

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Moira O'Neill
    A comfortable retirement is being sacrificed for many

    Jeremy Hunt has put saver and investor plans in the deep freeze

  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    Pension automatic enrolment
    Lost UK pension pots soar to 2.8mn

    £26.6bn has gone missing as more workers move jobs and home

  • Friday, 21 October, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Lettuce pray for our personal finances

    Future for tax, pensions and energy policy has been tossed into the political salad spinner

  • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
    Demographics and population
    Tax traps warning for over-65s returning to work

    UK pensioners in employment at a record 1.4mn in June

  • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
    Workplace pensions
    UK government wins pension fund legal challenge over change to RPI

    BT, Ford and Marks and Spencer pension schemes argued the new CPHI measure would leave pensioners worse off

  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    David Pitt-Watson
    Rewrite the rules of the UK’s private pension system

    Retirement income could be boosted by 30 per cent with collective defined contribution schemes

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