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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      Would Aussie rules boost UK pensions?

      A ‘pot for life’ and other Autumn Statement windfalls will benefit wealthier investors

      View from behind of two pensioners sitting on a bench in the sunshine in Australia, looking out sea
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Town hall pension schemes to be asked to double riskier asset allocations

      Proposal is one of several measures aimed at unlocking billions of pounds to stimulate UK economic growth

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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      How can I ensure my house purchase completes in time?

      My mortgage offer is only valid for another six weeks

    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Pension experts quiz absence of bill on chancellor’s investment reforms

      King’s Speech on Tuesday did not include legislation to push Jeremy Hunt’s plan to boost pension investment

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    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      Lex
      Defined Contribution pensions: the lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock Premium content

      UK pension reforms in 2014 gave retirees greater flexibility

      The Pension Regulator’s website
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Pension automatic enrolment
      ‘Give workers power to ditch pension schemes’

      UK regulator in call for reforms to workplace retirement savings

      Sarah Smart, chair of the Pensions Regulator
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Moira O'Neill
      How to make the right type of withdrawal from your pension

      Growing cost of living fears can lead to hurried decisions that could prove more expensive than expected later

    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Pensions
      Rollout of auto enrolled pensions for under-22s likely in 2025

      Government set to launch a consultation on key policy change

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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Pensions
      How to solve your million pound pension problem

      What’s the outlook for financing your retirement? FT readers and our expert panel debate the most pressing issues

      The FT Weekend Festival’s pension session. Claer Barrett with David Goodfellow, Nimesh Shah and Steve Webb
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Annuities
      Standard Life returns to the annuities market

      Product’s popularity has been reinvigorated as rates have increased

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    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Annuities
      Would an annuity work for you?

      Check your personal circumstances, as what’s right for one person is not for another

    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Annuity sales jump on high interest rates

      Savers opt for income security as markets fluctuate

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    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      FT Money personal finance guides
      FT Money guide: What can we learn from the UK’s £11mn pension saver?

      Investors with substantial retirement pots have much to worry about ahead of a general election

    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Workplace pensions
      Send us your pension questions

      Put your queries about pensions and retirements to expert panel including Sir Steve Webb

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    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      US economy
      More US retirement savers feel ‘off track’, BlackRock survey shows

      Report points to anxiety after high inflation and volatile markets of past two years

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    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      UK tax
      Government plans to scrap income tax benefits for inherited pensions

      Proposals follow April’s axing of lifetime allowance

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    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Moira O'Neill
      Annuities look sexy again: should Barbie buy one at 64?

      There are arguments for and against even with today’s wobbling stock market

    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Moira O'Neill
      How to opt out of Hunt’s risky plans for your pension

      Your money will be in peril in UK private equity boost scheme

    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      The pension deal bonanza remaking the UK’s retirement sector

      Soaring interest rates have facilitated a big rise in ‘bulk annuity’ transactions, but the impact of transferring tens of billions of pounds of assets to a handful of insurers could be profound

    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Moira O'Neill
      Rescue your retirement — and your pension plan

      Calculate the total sum you need for a comfortable income

    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      UK politics
      Hunt aims to channel more pension investments into UK companies

      Chancellor to use keynote speech to outline how British retirement funds could put more money into riskier assets

      Jeremy Hunt speaks to an apprentice at Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      David Barks
      Pension tax upheaval boosts wealth managers

      Rich clients rush to profit from giveaway but must consider wider picture

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    • 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, 25 May, 2023
      UK economy
      Ministers look at reshaping pensions lifeboat fund to give boost to business

      Government examines sweeping change to role of Pension Protection Fund to unlock billions for investment

    • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
      LexPensions
      Pensions: savers should factor cognition into investing choices Premium content

      Investors must know their strengths and weaknesses

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