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Public sector pensions

  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    News in-depth
    The simple secret behind the UK’s best performing council pension fund

    Banker driving Kensington and Chelsea’s stellar returns explains why he fears the chancellor’s ‘megafunds’

    Quentin Marshall
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Government could force pension funds to invest more in UK assets

    Further measures may be taken if ‘megafund’ reforms fail to boost domestic investment, says pensions minister

    Emma Reynolds, UK pensions minister
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    LexPensions industry
    Reeves must go bigger and bolder on local pensions reform Premium content

    If the UK chancellor believes in the benefits of scale, it is not obvious why 8 is the magic number

    Rachel Reeves sits at a table during her Mansion House speech in London
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Toby Nangle
    Reeves seeks scale to solve UK pension investment problem

    Chancellor is trying to remove some of the inefficiencies from operating smaller local authority funds

    Pound coin and notes
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Reeves to force council pensions to consolidate into 8 ‘megafunds’

    Chancellor to target minimum size for multiemployer defined contribution schemes of £25bn to £50bn

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves talks to the Financial Times at biotech firm Quell in White City in west London on November 13
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    The race to build a £354bn British pensions behemoth

    Reeves’ Mansion House speech will push for faster integration of council retirement schemes

    Manchester, Liverpool and Bradford town halls
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    UK economy
    Reeves plans to use £350bn council pension pot to boost UK economy

    Chancellor to set out reform to fragmented local authority funds in Mansion House speech

    Reeves, with Mansion House in background
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    LexPensions industry
    Local pensions need a hard shove towards Canada’s model Premium content

    Bulking up should allow funds to invest in wider range of UK assets, but progress towards consolidation has been slow

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Sorry, but it’s time to start caring about Local Government Pension Schemes

    And we have the charts to prove it

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Jonathan Eley
    A new pensions experiment could shake up the public sector

    Market forces get a say in United Learning’s scheme but there could be unintended consequences

    Classroom Scene Showing Pupils And Teacher
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Reeves tells town halls to use their pension funds to fuel growth

    Treasury launches review of Britain’s pensions system with threat to force local governments to co-operate

  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Toby Nangle
    Change is under way at last in UK pensions

    New bill tackles some pressing issues but much more reform is needed

    A man places a coin in a white piggy bank in front of a Union Jack
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    US pension giant weighs vote against Exxon CEO over climate lawsuit

    Calpers concerned oil supermajor is seeking to muzzle activist shareholders

    Darren Woods, chief executive and chair of ExxonMobil
  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2024
    Fund management
    The worst job in investing has finally been filled (for now)

    Happy Gilmore

  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    Pensions industry
    Infrastructure chief hits out at push for UK pension funds to invest more in Britain

    John Armitt says pension schemes need to ‘find the best possible opportunity’

    A Docklands Light Railway DLR train
  • 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
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