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Pensions

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    News in-depthFrench politics
    Barnier touches nerve with plan to trim French pensions

    Prime minister’s money-saving proposal hits opposition, despite calls for more intergenerational fairness

    Michel Barnier waves outside the Élysée palace in Paris, France in October 2024
  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Budget Q&A: Readers’ questions answered

    Experts respond to queries about measures announced in the autumn Budget

  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Autumn Budget 2024: where will you feel the pinch?

    FT reporters review this week’s £40bn tax-raising measures

    An illustration of Rachel Reeves surrounded by pound notes in the shape of autumn leaves
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    UK savings plans overhauled with planned pension tax changes

    Advisers race to rethink approach after Rachel Reeves pledges to bring retirement pots under inheritance levy regime

    A photo illustratuon showing the dictionary definition of pension fund and British pound coins
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Q&AUK Autumn Budget 2024
    Experts answer your Budget questions

    We responded to readers’ queries about personal finance

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Closure of UK inheritance tax ‘loophole’ to penalise estates of wealthy pensioners

    Experts say big tax bills could result from Rachel Reeves’ move in the Budget

    Commuters walk during the morning rush hour near the Bank of England in the City of London
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Inheritance
    Inheritance tax reforms to hit business owners and farmers

    Tax relief to be capped on assets worth more than £1mn

    Farm buildings in Wiltshire
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Claer Barrett
    Working people will pay the price of higher taxes for employers

    Increasing the burden on companies may not affect workers’ payslips today, but it won’t be long

    Commuters make their way across Waterloo Bridge in London
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Will investors live to regret their pre-Budget actions?

    Gains may have been locked in too soon in anticipation of a bigger CGT increase

    Rachel Reeves
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    What the Budget means for your money

    Key measures on tax, investments, pensions and property

    Illustration of a street scene
  • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
    Uruguay
    Vote on lowering pension age to 60 jangles nerves in Uruguay

    Public to decide on a union-backed reform that worries the government, economists and markets

  • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Tax blow for 1mn UK top earners by 2027

    Fiscal drag will pull thousands more into a 60 per cent marginal rate

    HM Revenue & Customs’ offices in London
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Pension automatic enrolment
    Auto-enrolment drives surge in ‘lost’ UK pensions

    £31bn sitting in unclaimed, inactive or lost savings pots

    Collection of UK banknotes
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Q&APersonal pensions
    Is it wise to take out my pension tax-free lump sum?

    Investment firms report a rush of clients looking to withdraw cash before the Budget

    Montage image of hands holding a piggy bank over a chancellor’s red box
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Financial ThinkingJonathan Guthrie
    My unpatriotic portfolio shame

    Should I be denounced for spurning UK domestic assets?

    Montage image of a house, chart line and currency symbols
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    The sun is setting on traditional retirement

    Demographic changes force a rethink, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

    Illustration of young and old workers as chess pieces on a chess board
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Pension de-risking: the pitfalls for retirement savers

    Bonds, traditionally seen as safe assets for pension pots, have been subject to huge fluctuations in recent years

    Illustration of people increasing in age crossing a mountain range
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Pension fund use of ETFs surges in Europe

    Institutional iShares assets under management have been growing at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30% in the region, according to BlackRock

    A person tracks the technical movement of a stock chart on a computer screen
  • Friday, 18 October, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Pension funds warn being forced to invest in UK would be ‘huge mistake’

    Industry concerned at possibility of having to buy lower-quality assets at unattractive prices

    Emma Reynolds is speaking at a podium during the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association annual conference in Liverpool.audience.
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Customers are withdrawing pension money over Budget uncertainty, warns AJ Bell

    Wealth managers say speculation over UK tax changes is changing customer behaviour

    A close-up image of British £5, £10, £20 and £50 banknotes. The notes are arranged in a slightly overlapping manner
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    ExplainerUK Autumn Budget 2024
    Business fears big rise in UK national insurance

    Tax experts warn of potential hit to retirement savings as companies race to calculate impact on costs

    Montage shows HMRC logo and a female worker
  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Time to hit the pensions panic button

    Possible Budget changes would widen the gulf between public and private sector pension schemes

  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    The couples’ conundrum: joint or separate finances?

    In many cases, it’s best — financially — to go your separate ways

  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The British are decent savers, but bad investors

    Households and the UK economy would be better off if cash piles were made to work harder

    Piggy banks painted with the Union Flag
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Scottish Widows kills off renowned ‘widow’ model in rebrand

    New look reflects increased digital focus, says insurer

    A traditional Scottish Widows’ newspaper ad, featuring the “black widow”
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