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  • 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

  • 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, 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
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Best of FT Money 2023
    Best of FT Money 2023: 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
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
    Ontario Teachers’ fund acquires UK wealth manager 7IM

    Canadian pension fund agrees to buy holding from Caledonia Investments in roughly £450mn deal

    A view of Canary Wharf in the City of London
  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    UK politics
    Funding public sector pay rises means trade-offs Tories cannot stomach

    British politics is stuck as long as spending cuts and further government borrowing are off the table

    Striking junior doctors, civil servants and teachers attend a rally at Trafalgar Square in London, UK, on March 15, 2023
  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Netherlands
    Dutch senators approve pensions overhaul

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

    A protester holds a placard that reads ‘Don’t do it’ in front of the senate, where the new pension law is being debated in The Hague
  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Kensington & Chelsea pension fund bets big on property

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

  • 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

  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Helen Thomas
    Is there a pot of pension money to rehabilitate UK plc?

    Even if there is, suitable infrastructure projects to invest in are lacking

    Commuters cross Westminster Bridge
  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    Pensions industry
    Gilts crisis undermines drive to use pension funds for economic growth

    Much-flagged government initiative at risk as retirement funds wary of illiquid assets

    Sterling notes and coins with miniatures of pensioners
  • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
    National Health Service
    NHS chiefs call for ‘urgent changes’ to UK pension tax rules to ease waiting lists

    Health leaders urge Treasury to review allowance limits for doctors to avoid extra work being declined because of inflation

    Surgeons in an operating room
  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    State pension
    UK state pension payment system ‘not fit for purpose’, MPs warn

    Spending watchdog accuses government over £1bn in underpayments to 134,000 mostly female pensioners

  • Sunday, 26 September, 2021
    Pensions industry
    Pension funds balk at No 10 appeal to fuel UK investment boom

    Call to back government plans with retirement schemes’ cash raises concerns on cost and complexity

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    John Ralfe
    Cut the gap between public and private sector pensions

    Reform now to reduce inequalities and taxpayers’ bill

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    Armed forces high earners breach UK pension allowance

    Senior officers ‘question their commitment’ to forces in light of tax charges

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    InterviewFTfm
    The senator shaking up Australia’s A$3tn pensions sector

    Jane Hume is reforming the superannuation system after a career in private sector finance roles

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Pensions: We’re not all in this together

    Whatever keeps politicians up at night, it won’t be retirement planning

  • Sunday, 31 May, 2020
    Pensions crisis
    US pension plans warned they will run out of money by 2028

    Seven struggling public funds could have a severe impact on state finances as their funded ratio drops

    US banknotes
  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Public sector unions take government to court over pension reform

    Judicial review sought over alleged breach of 2015 law, claiming cost benefits should go to scheme members

  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    California Public Employees' Retirement System
    Calpers battles former board member over real estate investment values

    California pension fund accused of refusing to disclose details to avoid bonus cuts

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Pensions tax relief on a slippery slope

    You might not like the thought of paying tax on your pension contributions — but it’s coming 

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    InterviewFTfm
    Calpers investment chief talks about private equity and yoga

    Ben Meng on managing the retirement savings of nearly 2m Californians

    Ben Meng
  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    Passive Investing
    Dutch pension funds set to pivot from passive to active management

    Strong demand for sustainable investments prompts plans to restructure portfolios

  • Saturday, 2 November, 2019
    Private equity
    US pension plans dodge queries on  healthcare holdings

    Schemes from California to Oregon invest in Blackstone and KKR deals that are being probed by US Congress

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