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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Final salary schemes
    Ministers set out plans to ease access to UK pension scheme surpluses

    Proposals come after recent period of rising interest left majority of defined benefit plans in the black

    Commuters cross London Bridge
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Markets InsightToby Nangle
    Public service pensions are the elephant in the room

    Asset-backing these promises could lift investment and growth

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    Investments
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    Sign up for lunchtime webinar with Claer Barrett and panel on the benefits of tax-free investing

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  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Brooke Masters
    Could a US pensions revolution be on the cards?

    IBM’s decision to reinstate its defined benefit scheme makes good business sense — other companies should follow

    The IBM logo is seen on their building’s headquarters in New York
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Corporate bonds
    Pension fund demand drives resurgence of UK corporate bond market

    Schemes increase exposure in wake of 2022 gilts market crisis and as they prepare for buyout deals

    Commuters carry umbrellas while crossing London Bridge in London
  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    European Parliament
    Former lawmakers take EU parliament to court over pension cuts

    More than 400 ex-MEPs launch class action suit against their benefits being halved

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  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
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  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Bank bonuses
    Pay out or doughnut? FT readers’ bonus secrets

    Poll of nearly 3,000 shows mortgage and childcare costs are reducing investments

  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Bank of England
    Bank of England plans to stress test insurers on exposure to reinsurance firms

    New ‘exploratory scenario’ comes as concerns mount about risk posed by offshore arrangement to UK savers

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  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    Pensions industry
    BP to book $700mn windfall due to pension tax changes

    Oil major says balance sheet will benefit from upcoming reduction to pension surplus tax charge

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  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    Personal pensions
    Pension savers pushed to ‘edge of despair’ over company collapse

    Situation raises concerns for tens of thousands of Sipp holders across the market

  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Corporate governance
    Global investors warn UK on overhaul of listing rules

    Institutions say the proposals will erode shareholder rights and harm the country’s reputation for high corporate governance

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  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Pensions crisis
    UK pension funds lost £425bn in year of bond market crisis

    Schemes registered a new quarter drop in asset value in 2022 driven by mini-Budget turmoil, finds Pensions Regulator

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  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Inheritance
    Are you anticipating a mid-life windfall?

    FT Money wants to hear from readers about how they used their legacies

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  • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
    Pensions industry
    UK pension trustees raise alarm on transferring risks offshore

    Trustees are worried about growing involvement of overseas reinsurance firms in corporate pension deals

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  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    Annuities
    Pension planning: annuities back on the table

    Higher interest rates have boosted income for life options

  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Lessons from a lifetime in investment

    Eternal verities in investment and finance are often counterintuitive

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  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Claer Barrett
    Lifestyling: a hidden danger lurking in your pension pot

    Plight of savers in their 50s and 60s is wake-up call for greater pensions awareness

  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    £38mn in overpaid pension tax returned to thousands of over-55s

    Savers accessing defined contribution pots for the first time are put on emergency tax codes

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  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
    Chile
    Chile takes first step towards reforming private pension system

    Legislation will move to the Senate after provisional approval in lower house of Congress

    Gabriel Boric
  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Savers at risk from UK’s pension ‘pot for life’ plan, industry leaders warn

    Critics say government proposal for single, career-long retirement funds could leave individuals worse off

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  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Pensions industry
    UK businesses to offload record £60bn of pension obligations

    Higher interest rates continue to fuel surge in dealmaking, according to new forecast

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  • Saturday, 20 January, 2024
    Fund management
    US pension funds worth $1.5tn add risk through leverage

    Retirement systems allow more borrowing and derivatives as private holdings strain cash flows

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  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    FT Money personal finance guides
    Need to Know: How will higher UK inflation affect your assets?

    Unexpected increase will affect mortgages, savings and pensions

  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Annuities
    Annuities — we want your views

    Do you enjoy peace of mind, or do you regret this retirement decision?

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