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Pensions

  • Saturday, 10 January, 2026
    Clare Munro
    You’ve withdrawn your pension lump sum — now what?

    Make the most of your tax-free cash. Live long, live well and live generously

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  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
    Pensions industry
    FCA to implement four-point ‘traffic light’ system to show pension fund performance

    UK regulator updates reforms in drive for better retirement outcomes

    Sign for the Financial Conduct Authority is displayed on glass at the organization's head office, with building reflections visible.
  • Wednesday, 7 January, 2026
    Pensions industry
    Pensions not a ‘plaything’ in domestic investment drive, governments warned

    Industry figures fear using more retirement pots to kick-start economic growth could run counter to savers’ interests

    Commuters walk past the Bank of England, some looking at their phones, with blurred lights in the foreground.
  • Friday, 2 January, 2026
    Personal Finance
    UK investment platforms to cut fees in effort to woo customers

    Government push to create ‘nation of investors’ stokes competition between providers

    Rachel Reeves speaks at a podium with a UK flag behind her, gesturing with one hand during a press briefing.
  • Thursday, 1 January, 2026
    Personal Finance
    Five simple ways to reset your finances in 2026

    Resolving to be better with money in the year ahead? Here’s what Claer Barrett recommends

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  • Wednesday, 31 December, 2025
    News in-depthPensions industry
    Netherlands overhauls its €1.8tn pension system

    Switch from defined benefit to defined contribution model aims to ensure long-term sustainability

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  • Sunday, 21 December, 2025
    Workplace pensions
    Royal Mail’s new pension scheme falls 5% in first six months

    Pioneering CDC product underperforms benchmark index by a percentage point

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  • Saturday, 20 December, 2025
    US equities
    Australia’s biggest pension fund to cut global stocks allocation on AI concerns

    AustralianSuper warns of ‘maturing’ US tech cycle and high valuations

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  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    Ageing Populations
    Over-50s should work for longer to ease pressures of ageing society, say Lords

    Falling fertility rates and rising life expectancy will pose ‘significant economic and fiscal challenges’

  • Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
    European Union
    Former EU lawmakers lose case against pension cuts

    Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen would have benefited from a positive ruling

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  • Monday, 15 December, 2025
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock loses second Dutch pension mandate over sustainable investing concerns

    €5bn in assets withdrawn by metal and tech workers’ group

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  • Saturday, 13 December, 2025
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Is now really a good time to start investing?

    Government begins push to create a ‘nation of investors’ as AI bubble fears intensify

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  • Friday, 12 December, 2025
    Public sector pensions
    MPs’ pension scheme makes ‘mockery’ of Reeves investment push

    Fund has lower than average weighting to UK stock market

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  • Friday, 12 December, 2025
    India Business Briefing
    Microsoft and Amazon’s multibillion-dollar bets on India

    Also in this newsletter: broader investments for pension funds

    Premium content
    Satya Nadella shakes hands with Modi during their meeting in New Delhi
  • Thursday, 11 December, 2025
    Private credit
    Beware rushing into private credit deals, warns Canadian pension giant

    CPPIB chief John Graham says institutional investors should ‘know what you’re buying’

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  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    German politics
    German parliament approves pension bill as Merz quells rebellion

    Chancellor had faced defections in his own ranks that had raised doubts over his coalition’s viability

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  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    UK tax
    Reeves’ salary sacrifice changes to hit 3.3mn pension savers

    HMRC data points to impact of UK government’s crackdown on tax advantages of workplace schemes

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  • Thursday, 4 December, 2025
    Workplace pensions
    UK pension funds sell UK equities shocker

    In charts

  • Thursday, 4 December, 2025
    Final salary schemes
    Aberdeen takes on Stagecoach’s pension scheme in ‘landmark’ deal

    Asset management group will actively manage surplus distributed to transport company’s scheme members

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  • Thursday, 4 December, 2025
    AJ Bell
    AJ Bell boss warns over ‘absolutely bonkers’ Isa charge

    Charge on cash in stocks-and-shares Isas ‘essentially a tax’, Michael Summersgill says

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  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
    Katie Martin
    Governments cast a hungry eye over public piggy banks

    Investors’ first duty is to their stakeholders, not to politicians trying to fund spending and infrastructure

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  • Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
    US equities
    UK pension funds dump US equities on fears of AI bubble

    Public and private-sector funds concerned over market’s growing concentration in a small number of tech stocks

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  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Personal Finance
    A tax on ambition: what Gen Z thinks of the Budget

    The real losers from Rachel Reeves’ financial statement were not the wealthy, but those on the way to wealth

    Illustration of an arm holding open the red Budget box while objects spill out including a house, a jar of coins, an ice cube and a calculator
  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Fill your boots before Budget tax changes kick in

    Three money moves for higher earners to consider

    Montage image of three hands putting things into a cardboard box including a document with a £ sign, a £20 note, and a baby dummy
  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    FT webinar: what does the Budget mean for your money?

    FT journalists and tax expert Dan Neidle answered your questions after the 2025 Budget

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