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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
    • 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

    • Saturday, 14 September, 2019
      Pensions industry
      Government pension scheme under pressure to drop active managers

      UK officials contact the £275bn LGPS asking for a switch into passive management

    • Friday, 16 August, 2019
      Army pensions watchdog wades into taper tax battle

      Calls for concessions mooted for NHS to be extended to Army medics

      Major General Neil Marshall pmoney
    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      Personal Finance
      The future for the pensions taper

      Will the NHS pensions row result in major surgery for unpopular tax trap?

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