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  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    How to make Britain’s pensions assets work harder

    MPs should make the case for funds to invest in the UK, rather than forcing them

  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Pension Protection Fund
    UK’s pension lifeboat fund slashes equity allocation

    Investment chief concerned by ‘stickiness of inflation’ and prefers infrastructure and forestry

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    UK universities
    English universities face £125mn hit from pension change

    Higher education leaders warn of ‘great strain’ as publicly funded organisations brace for increase in employer contributions

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    About that Dutch pension plan overhaul

    Yes, really

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

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

  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Tony Blair Institute proposes ‘radical’ UK pension superfunds

    Pooling of tens of thousands of funds would drive investment in business, think-tank says

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Public sector pensions
    Kensington & Chelsea pension fund bets big on property

    Scheme increases allocation to commercial real estate despite investor worries over sector

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    European Parliament
    EU parliament proposes to halve payouts from MEP pension fund

    Move to shrink deficit set to affect almost 1,000 former and current lawmakers, including Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Universities Superannuation Scheme
    Leading pensions client warns data for 470,000 members at risk from Capita hack

    UK’s biggest private sector pension plan says private details of members were on outsourcer’s hacked servers

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    John Ralfe
    Defined benefit pensions: not dead yet

    Schemes survive in the private sector and are still going strong for public sector staff

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Pensions industry
    Levelling up push may hit investment returns, warns UK pension chief

    Local authority fund CIO says government ambitions may conflict with duty to scheme members

  • Monday, 1 May, 2023
    Pensions industry
    UK employers push to cut pension scheme payments after rates windfall

    Contributions seen as unnecessary with many retirement plans seeing unexpected surplus

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Bank of England warns insurers over corporate pension deals

    Senior regulator urges ‘moderation’ as new data underlines potential market growth

  • Monday, 24 April, 2023
    Pensions industry
    FCA demands tougher tests for pension funds after gilts chaos

    UK watchdog says ‘more to be done’ over liquidity risks and conflicts of interest in LDI strategies

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    European Parliament
    MEP pension fund set to run out of money by 2025

    A €300mn deficit puts payouts at risk for members including Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    What the UK should learn from Australia on pensions

    Political edicts on investment strategy are not the right way to emulate the country’s success

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    Pensions industry
    UK pension funds urge Hunt not to force them to invest in riskier assets

    Retirement schemes fear chancellor is considering ways to compel them to put money into fast-growing British companies

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    The crisis in European equities
    Britain’s ‘capitalism without capital’: the pension funds that shun risk

    The first part of a series on the crisis in European equities explores how a rush into safer assets has left the UK listing market moribund and is driving companies overseas

  • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
    Income tax
    Higher earners return to company pensions after UK tax changes

    The scrapping of the lifetime allowance on contributions has rekindled interest among the well-off in employers’ pensions

  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
    Markets InsightToby Nangle
    Pension shift will change the UK financial landscape

    Small number of insurance companies will dominate management of defined benefit scheme assets

  • 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

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    The GDP forecast bug in public sector pensions

    Addressing the state of the superannuation

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    Moira O'Neill
    My pick of the free DIY financial planning tools

    Look for easy access, good calculating options and nice graphics

  • 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

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    French politics
    French pension protests attract smaller crowds

    Paris rubbish strike suspended but universities and tourist sites closed as government rejects mediation

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