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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Boots UK Ltd
      Boots offloads £4.8bn pension scheme to Legal & General

      Deal could pave way for sale of pharmacy chain and comes on same day as £4bn Co-op agreement

      A Boots store in London
    • 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

      Commuters walking on London Bridge
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Lex
      UK pensions: right to choose could be a lose-lose for the City Premium content

      Chancellor’s ‘pot for life’ plan has consumer appeal but providers are wary

      Jeremy Hunt
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      Hunt to offer UK workers ‘pot for life’ in sweeping pension reforms

      Measure comes as chancellor seeks to unlock tens of billions of pounds of retirement fund cash

      The term ‘pension fund’ in a dictionary and a pound coin
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Pensions industry
      UK pension funds warn of roadblocks to Mansion House reforms

      Government growth plan hit by industry concerns over higher fees and risks for investors

      Montage featuring sterling notes and coins
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Can the UK learn from Australia’s pension savers?

      So-called super funds deliver better returns for retirees

    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Pensions industry
      Jeremy Hunt to unveil expanded role for UK’s pensions lifeboat fund

      Chancellor’s move is part of range of measures aimed at channelling retirement fund investment to boost economic growth

      Jeremy Hunt
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      UK universities
      English universities warn sharp rise in pension costs will hit student welfare

      Former polytechnics required to increase employer contributions due to government reforms

      Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      LexBT Group Plc
      BT/pensions: less is more for telecoms company’s obligation Premium content

      The arcane world of pension valuations could be set to move into the spotlight

      Incoming BT chief Allison Kirkby
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      BT Group Plc
      BT Group raises prospect of pension refund after scheme deficit halves

      One of UK’s biggest retirement plans has been boosted by higher interest rates

      BT’s headquarters in Aldgate, London
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      UK politics
      Labour vows pensions review in effort to boost funding for UK growth

      Shadow chancellor says party plans to go further than Tories in unlocking retirement fund capital

      Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      ExplainerUK economy
      Can Jeremy Hunt deliver on his pension reforms?

      Absence from King’s Speech has raised doubts about the chancellor’s plans to boost returns for savers and increase investment in the UK economy

      Jeremy Hunt
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Personal pensions
      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

      Jeremy Hunt
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Pensions industry
      Clara Pensions takes over Sears scheme in first UK ‘superfund’ deal

      Move provides alternative way for employers to offload weaker retirement programmes

      Screenshot of the Clara Pensions website
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      LexPersonal pensions
      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
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Pensions industry
      MPs’ pension fund shuns UK equities

      Parliamentary scheme highlights challenge of government push for more domestic investing

      A photo of the Palace of Westminster, with balloons in the foreground
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      UK economy
      Britain’s trillion pound shortcut to financial repression

      The great (e)SCAPE

    • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
      UK Treasury set for £100mn windfall from nationalised banks’ pension funds

      Government took over Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock during 2008 financial crisis

      Montage featuring the logos of Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      UK universities
      UK university staff vote to end acrimonious pension dispute

      Deal with union in effect reverses cuts to retirement benefits proposed in 2022 after contested valuation of main scheme

      UCU members on the picket line outside the London School of Economics
    • 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
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Pensions
      Pensions savers face debt hurdle due to cost of living

      A quarter of over-55s dip into their retirement funds to pay off loans

      A pile of one pound coins
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Pensions industry
      Pension funds resist UK push to invest £50bn in growth projects

      Executives want greater incentives to back high-risk areas and a broader choice of opportunities for their capital

      A new road under construction
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Pensions industry
      UK venture capitalists explore ways to boost pension fund investment

      Proposed ‘Venture Capital Compact’ would include pledge to look at fund structure to address pension industry concerns

      Dame Kate Bingham
    • Sunday, 15 October, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      The strange death of corporate Britain

      Pension and insurance companies have dumped UK equities, reducing the ability of companies to raise capital and expand

      View of the City of London
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