All Pensions UK (formerly PLSA) articles – Page 2
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NewsGovernment to announce DB surplus extraction rules in the spring
The government has confirmed plans to relax rules around defined benefit pension scheme surpluses, paving the way for excess funds to be paid out to members or employers.
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NewsPLSA: Don’t make pension schemes carry inheritance tax burden
Plans to charge inheritance tax on unused retirement pots risk turning pension schemes into tax administrators and creating unnecessary distress for bereaved families, according to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
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NewsOutlook 2025: The pensions industry’s wishlist for the new year
Pensions Expert spoke to six major industry groups to find out what they want to see happen in 2025, from the Pensions Review and the Pension Schemes Bill to trustee powers and improvements to member outcomes.
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NewsRegulators urged to collaborate on ‘targeted support’ for DC savers
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has called for trust-based defined contribution pension schemes to be included in proposals to allow “targeted support” for savers.
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NewsPLSA leads engagement efforts over megafunds plans
UK pension schemes are seeking to engage positively with the government over plans to supercharge consolidation and increase investment in domestic assets.
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NewsLook beyond dashboard connection date, schemes told
With a connection timeline established, trustees need to address dashboard needs and work with third parties to achieve them, delegates at the PLSA conference heard last week.
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NewsPLSA Conference: Pensions and the TikTok generation
Scottish Widows’ Robert Cochran and financial journalist Iona Bain explored social media’s impact on pension engagement and the success of the Pay Your Pension Some Attention campaign.
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NewsPLSA Conference: Delegates support national insurance changes
National insurance should be applied to employer pension contributions if the chancellor is looking to pensions to help plug the economic black hole, according to a poll of delegates at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s Annual Conference.
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NewsPLSA Conference: Reframing pensions as a ‘reward for saving’
Pensions should be reframed as a reward for saving rather than a benefit for the better off, according SEI managing director Steve Charlton.
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NewsGovt launches National Wealth Fund to drive pension fund investment
The government has officially launched the National Wealth Fund and announced reforms to other public institutions to encourage additional pension fund investment into high-growth UK companies.
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NewsPLSA Conference: The complex pension adequacy picture
A multi-pronged approach is required to improve pensions adequacy, according to panellists at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) annual conference in Liverpool.
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OpinionConsolidation is not a silver bullet for UK growth
The PLSA’s Nigel Peaple explains how a rounded, considered approach to pension investment will help achieve the government’s aims.
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NewsPLSA urges caution on potential tax relief changes
No alternative tax relief system is perfect, the trade body says, as it calls for the government to focus on fairness, simplicity and sustainability in any changes.
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OpinionDelays and uncertainty for pensions as election called
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association laments the setbacks to important government policies caused by the dissolution of parliament ahead of the election.
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OpinionWhat savers really think about their investments
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association recently polled savers to find out their attitudes to where their money is invested. Here’s what they said.
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NewsPension schemes told to stop investing in oil and gas
Pension schemes were urged to look at their exposure to companies which generate their income from fossil fuels at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s ESG conference in London this week.
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OpinionCost-of-living crisis risks young savers’ future retirement outcomes
How can the pensions industry help young savers, already struggling to get on the property ladder, put more money towards their retirement?
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NewsPension savers urged to track down missing £26bn
The pensions industry is hoping the second annual Pay Your Pension Some Attention, #Pensionattention, campaign will encourage people to track down lost pensions and save more into the ones they have.
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OpinionNet surpluses: A paradigm shift for DB pensions
With rising interest rates leading to significant improvements in defined benefit scheme funding over the last year, policymakers face profound choices about the future of the regulatory regime.
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NewsProductive finance: Pension panacea or sticking plaster for UK plc?
Encouraging pension funds to deviate from standard asset classes is nothing new, but is the latest push to encourage productive finance likely to be embraced by the pensions industry, at a time when it has everything to lose, and not that much to gain?