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Each week, Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve rounds up the latest news and analysis from across the website and the industry. Sign up now to receive the latest blogs straight to your inbox on a Friday afternoon, and to receive our twice-weekly news bulletin.
From the editor's desk
The Friday Takeaway: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Pension Schemes Bill
Don’t panic about the nearly 300 amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill, writes Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve.
The Friday Takeaway: All eyes on parliament
The Pension Schemes Bill will be scrutinised by a committee of MPs next week, and there’s the prospect of another pensions-related bill on the horizon too, if the regulator gets its way.
The Friday Takeaway: The importance of understanding vulnerability
There are many different kinds of vulnerability affecting pension savers, as Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve discovered on a recent trip to Edinburgh.
The Friday Takeaway: Who are the champions of the Premier League of Pensions?
Inspired by Everton FC, editor Nick Reeve argues that it’s time to make working for a sports organisation good for your retirement.
The Friday Takeaway: Ghostly economists and gilt-edged risks
This week sees Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve get deep into the weeds of the effects of monetary policy, via an excellent new play about the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The Friday Takeaway: Commission Impossible?
The much-lauded Pensions Commission has been revived to look at retirement income adequacy issues – but will the government be able to act on its recommendations?
The Friday Takeaway: DWP prepares some light holiday reading
Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve looks forward (again) to a momentous week for the UK pensions sector.
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McFadden replaces Kendall as work and pensions secretary in reshuffle
Pat McFadden has been appointed as the new work and pensions secretary in the cabinet reshuffle that followed the resignation of Angela Rayner.
Pre-Budget rumours spark record lump sum withdrawals, data shows
UK pension savers withdrew a record £10.4bn from their pensions using their tax-free cash allowance in the six months to the end of March, according to Financial Conduct Authority data.
Government to remove LGPS investment power from Pension Schemes Bill
The government has proposed to remove a paragraph in the Pension Schemes Bill that would have given it the power to direct investments by LGPS asset pools.
Border to Coast invests £67m in North American real estate
The allocation is within the pool’s Global Value-Add Real Estate fund, launched in late 2023 with an initial £370m in assets under management.
Bell fights back as pensions industry unites against investment mandation
Pensions minister Torsten Bell has argued that the proposed reserve power to mandate investments, contained in the Pension Schemes Bill, is necessary because of a “collective action problem” across the industry.
GMPF invests in £120m Trafford build-to-rent scheme
The £32.2bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has partnered with Moorfield Group to develop and operate a £120m build-to-rent asset in Trafford, Manchester.
Pensions UK challenges Reform’s local government pension scheme claims
Pensions UK has issued a robust defence of the Local Government Pension Scheme after the Reform Party attacked charges and costs across the system.
Scottish LGPS funds to come in scope of Pension Schemes Bill
The pensions minister has tabled a series of amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill aimed at bringing Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme funds into the scope of the bill.