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Pensions

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Wealth managers warn Reeves of pensions withdrawals rush ahead of UK Budget

    Increasing number of people are pulling money from retirement pots early because of tax uncertainty

    The City of London skyline
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Pension tax breaks: what’s in the Budget line of fire?

    Analysts lay out the range of options at the chancellor’s disposal as Starmer warns of ‘decisions’ on the horizon

    Montage shows a crowd of workers, the HMRC logo, pound notes and a funeral casket
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Special Report
    FTfm: Pensions

    Japan’s biggest pension fund faces more pressure to deliver; self-employed workers struggle to bridge gap in retirement savings; and investors seek better means to force action on climate

    A senior couple sits together at a wooden kitchen table, smiling as they look at a tablet
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Japan’s biggest pension fund faces more pressure to deliver

    Changes to GPIF’s investment policies to take on more risk have been lauded — but the country’s system is under strain

  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Pension investors seek better means to force action on climate

    Savers with environmental and other ethical concerns now have plenty of options to vote with their money

  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Self-employed workers struggle to bridge gap in retirement savings

    Large variations in income and security make it hard for many to plan properly for life after work

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Reeves unlikely to cut pension tax relief for higher earners, says report

    LCP consultancy argues chancellor does not want to alienate better paid public sector staff

    Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, gives her speech during the Labour party conference
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Personal Finance
    UK pensions in crosshairs if Reeves waters down non-doms overhaul

    Placating wealthy foreigners could shift chancellor’s focus elsewhere, experts say

  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Toby Nangle
    Inflation-proofing pensions is no mean feat

    A balanced portfolio has the best chance of preserving the long-term value of pension savings against price rise shocks

    The interior of the London Stock Exchange features a large digital display showing stock market data
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Tomorrow’s pensioners face up to working — and saving — for longer

    Despite opposition, governments are forcing through changes to make pension systems sustainable

    A group of elderly individuals sit together on a bench in a park, engaging in conversation
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Plotting a path to pension parity

    The gender gap in retirement savings is a problem for women around the world

    An elderly woman is seated at a desk, writing notes in a notebook. In front of her is an open laptop with a document on the screen, and a cup of tea beside it
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    UK property
    UK pension fund Nest agrees tie-up to invest up to £1bn in build-to-rent

    State-backed scheme joins forces with insurer L&G and Dutch fund manager PGGM to build and manage rental properties

    Construction workers on a housing development in England
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    Fund management
    Fidelity and Abrdn join new trade body for investment platforms

    Platforms Association aims to represent online financial sites as regulatory scrutiny increases

    Abrdn offices in Edinburgh
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Should you always ‘fill to the max’ on tax-free allowances?

    Investors are rushing to use their allotments for Isa and pensions accounts in anticipation of Labour’s first Budget

    Illustration of two figures with pound coins for heads, one with a tick on their shirt and the other a cross. Where the coins/heads intersect is the word Isa
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessJohn Plender
    The pension fund transfer business needs urgent scrutiny

    Insurers are receiving a very handsome reward for such a low-risk business

  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Chinese society
    China to raise retirement age for first time since 1978

    Beijing battles demographic crisis and pressure on pension system by keeping population in workforce for longer

    Two elderly men play Chinese chess at a park in Beijing
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    And the Budget changes most feared by FT readers are . . . 

    Attendees of the FT Weekend Festival are selling assets and passing on inheritances ahead of October’s Budget

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Chris Giles
    Reeves should tackle excessively generous pensions taxation

    The chancellor must be careful not to increase the damaging incentives in the tax system as she seeks sources of revenue

    Senior citizens wrap up warm to do shopping in Northwich
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    UK politics
    Reeves seeks to minimise Labour rebellion over plan to curb UK pensioner benefits

    Chancellor urges party unity as she sticks by policy to means test winter fuel payments

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves waves while leaving Downing Street
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Financial services
    West Yorkshire Pension Fund buys 25% stake in flood prevention investor

    Scheme takes seed investment as chancellor questions future of local government retirement schemes

    Flood warning sign
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    The best investment tip of all? Start when you’re young

    Sir Douglas Flint joins calls to boost personal finance teaching in schools

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Pensions industry
    UK minister puts boosting automatic pension contributions on back burner

    Emma Reynolds says her first objective is to ‘increase pension investment in UK productive assets’

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    James Henderson
    Why pension surpluses should get investors to prick up their ears

    With interest rates higher, many schemes are moving out of deficit, which could feed through to share prices

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Pensions industry
    UK pension funds’ allocations to British stocks hit historic low

    Retirement schemes shun London-listed equities and private markets

    Skyscrapers and buildings including the Gherkin on the City of London skyline
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    InterviewPersonal Finance
    Dan Neidle: ‘A UK wealth tax wouldn’t work’

    Respected tax lawyer urges Labour government to consider how tax raises could stunt economic growth

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a press conference at the Treasury in central London
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