Pension schemes are looking to refine responsible investment remits against an evolving political and economic backdrop. This was the subject of a key panel discussion at Corporate Adviser’s Master Trust and GPP...
The future of ESG within the pension industry is “genuinely in doubt” due to a political backlash in the US, according to former pensions minister and consultant Guy Opperman. This stark warning...
The Chancellor’s latest budget paves the way for DB schemes to use surplus funds to make direct payments to pensioners. The current Pension Schemes Bill 2025 includes provisions to change the law,...
The chancellor’s decision to restrict salary sacrifice on contributions of more than £2,000 a year could cost the largest employer £1.5m a year. This figure is from modelling by Hymans Robertson, looking...
The Chancellor has avoided a negative reaction from the bond market to the Budget she presented to parliament today, with both 10-year gilt and 30-year gilt yields falling slightly. Thirty-year gilts rose...
People living abroad will no longer be able to buy cheap access to a UK state pension under measures announced in the Chancellor’s Budget today. The government is closing loopholes in current...
Chancellor Reeves has confirmed that pensions accrued before 1997 in the Pension Protection Fund and the financial assurance scheme will be indexed for inflation. In her second Budget speech, she said: "I...
The pension and savings industry has expressed release that there were not more significant raids on pensions in the Budget, beyond widely-trailed changes to salary sacrifice. Prior to the Budget there was...
The Office of Budget Responsibility has confirmed the government will scrap unlimited salary sacrifice on pensions, limiting the maximum contribution to £2,000. This confirmation comes ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget speech today,...
Standard Life has appointed Angela Byrne as the next chief executive officer of its pensions & savings business. Byrne will join the organisation in January 2026 from NatWest, where she was interim...
