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  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd
    UK universities face big rise in pension contributions

    Shortfall in superannuation scheme jumps to an estimate of more than £14bn

  • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
    Pensions
    UK companies strike pension deals to ease pressure from pandemic

    Groups in hard-hit sectors look at deferring scheme payments in return for share of future dividends or lump sums

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    LexInternational Airlines Group
    IAG/M&B/pensions: excess baggage Premium

    It makes senses to give struggling companies flexibility on scheme payments

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK business rescues threatened by fears over pension regulator’s new powers

    Advisers say criminal responsibility provisions in law are so broad it is unclear who might be targeted

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Next Act
    Thousands of UK savers advised to give up final-salary pensions

    FCA data showing transfers under banned charging model adds to mis-selling fears

  • Saturday, 26 December, 2020
    FT Collections
    Best of FT Money 2020

    A round-up of some of our most-read stories in a year that Covid-19 dominated the headlines

  • Saturday, 19 December, 2020
    Pension automatic enrolment
    US urged to adopt auto-enrolment to address pensions crisis

    National retirement savings scheme could save millions of workers from poverty in old age, says study

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Ros Altmann
    Pension scheme members must keep calm in the face of Arcadia shock

    Employees of failing companies should not transfer out of defined benefit funds but trust PPF umbrella

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Arcadia Group Ltd
    Tina Green brings forward £50m Arcadia pension payment

    Wife of retailer Philip Green accelerates timetable as political pressure over deficit grows

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  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Q&APersonal Finance
    Arcadia collapse: what it means for 10,000 staff pensions

    Industry ‘lifeboat’ will now assess state of company’s retirement schemes

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Arcadia Group Ltd
    UK ministers to ‘keep a close eye’ on Arcadia collapse

    Promise comes as MPs demand answers about pension payments

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Arcadia Group Ltd
    Pressure builds on Philip Green over future of Arcadia pension scheme

    Concern for 10,000 members of retirement fund, which has estimated £350m deficit

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Toxic side effects of coronavirus weaken global pension systems

    Retirement schemes fear resurgent inflation and stuttering economic recovery

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    UK to stop using RPI inflation measure in 2030

    Move will save taxpayer billions of pounds each year but hit some pensioners and bondholders

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Next Act
    Money Clinic Podcast: Can a second career save my retirement?

    Unable to find a job, this week’s guest is going back to university at the age of 61

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    UK pensions regulator warns trustees over signs of employer distress

    Thousands of defined benefit schemes urged to be more alert over fears members could suffer in hasty business rescues

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Workplace pensions
    Australia’s pensions minister clashes with fund managers and green lobby

    Climate-sceptic government to force pension trustees to act in best ‘financial’ interests of members

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    Inside BusinessJonathan Ford
    Pension buyouts carry needless credit risks

    Schemes are making ultra-cheap, unsecured, long-term loans to insurers with their members’ savings

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Coronavirus threatens Europe’s pension industry

    Call for savers to be protected as rising unemployment and low interest rates inflict damage

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    Rail sector pension fund warns of £15bn finance hole under new rules

    RPS says proposed assumptions to value pension promises will drive up deficit

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    UK universities and staff face huge jump in pension contributions

    Retirement scheme deficit jumps from £3bn to £18bn in two years

  • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
    More than 800,000 UK employees short-changed on pensions

    Agency workers and low paid among those at risk of exclusion from schemes, study finds

  • Sunday, 23 August, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A poorer retirement is pandemic’s hidden legacy

    Workers will need to live with lower returns from their pensions

  • Saturday, 22 August, 2020
    US public pension plans face ‘vicious cycle’ as funding gap soars

    Shortfalls spread across retirement funds as coronavirus pandemic batters state finances

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Claer Barrett
    Pensions cash a temptation for silver job seekers

    If you’re made redundant in your fifties, should you dip into your retirement funds?

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