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Society of Pension Professionals Launches AI Governance Framework for Pensions Industry

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has launched a comprehensive practical framework to guide pension scheme trustees, advisers, and administrators through responsible AI le...

Do YOU know what creates 65% of the value of a typical pension pot at retirement?

The most common belief is that individual contributions add the most value to a pension over a working life, finds a survey by Standard Life.

Government has seen enough of Capita failure and Civil Service Pension Scheme to be moved in-house

Members of the troubled outsourced scheme are still waiting for pensions nine months after Capita took over its management

Pension providers explore setting up £1 billion fund for UK scale-up businesses

A consortium of some of the UK’s largest pension providers are exploring the creation of a £1 billion fund to invest in scaling businesses. The proposed UK Scale-up Fund, backed by...

Inheritance tax raid undermines faith in pensions, warns retirement giant Standard Life

Some 22 per cent of adults said they had less faith in pensions once they learned that unspent pots will become liable for death duties from spring 2027.

Making pension saving easier for temps is important - REC

Published byREC14 Jul 2026|OpinionMaking pension saving easier for temps is important - RECResponding to the government’s workplace pensions updated roadmap published today, Shazia...

Majority of private market managers endorse SIPPs as substantial growth driver

Increasing access to private market investments through a self-invested personal pension (SIPP) is expected to have a positive impact on investor participation over the next five y...

‘I don’t think I’ll ever retire’: the workers struggling to save for old age

Almost half of working-age adults in the UK do not save into a pension. Four readers explain why they fear for the future“I am 35 and have essentially nothing saved for my future,...

Standard Life expands UK PRT offering

UK pension provider and insurer Standard Life has launched a strategic partnership to expand its pension risk transfer (PRT) business, focusing on the largest and most complex defi...

Are you planning to retire in the next 10 years? Check if your pension is being 'lifestyled'

Lifestyling is the little-understood strategy of derisking pensions that many people with invested pots will be defaulted into in the decade before retirement age.

City titans raise the alarm over crisis in pensions savings as millions are not saving enough for retirement

Aviva's Amanda Blanc, said 'too many people are still not saving enough for retirement' and that while auto-enrolment from 2012 had helped, more action was needed.

Pensions warning as retirees face 'extra £1,160' bill

A major review is underway looking at pensions

'Don't move the goalposts
on pensions', Standard Life boss tells Labour

Standard Life boss Andy Briggs, pictured, warned against repeating the run-up to the last two budgets which saw thousands of savers to make unnecessary withdrawals.

Private pensions are a publicly subsidised gift to the wealthy | Phillip Inman

John Healey should equalise the tax break on pension savings to stop inequalities from wideningPrivate pensions are a privilege for the lucky few and a curse for everyone else. Sol...

9 in 10 pension savers would retire earlier than planned if they could afford to, reports Penfold

Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec 26 Aug 2026|Statistics9 in 10 pension savers would retire earlier than planned if they could afford to, reports PenfoldNew Penfold survey highligh...

SPP Welcomes Draft Framework for Unlocking DB Scheme Surplus

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has welcomed the Department for Work and Pensions’ draft Regulations on surplus flexibilities for DB pension schemes, saying they provide...

Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says

Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardship Retired civil servants have been failed by the decision to outsource the...

What If the Problem Isn’t Your Pension, But Where It Has to Work?

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) estimates that a “comfortable” retirement in the United Kingdom now costs £45,400 (US$60,000) a year for a single person and £6...

Some people were pushed into pension schemes instead of auto-enrolment, government memo says

A government memo said some large companies worked with financial advisers to push staff into pension schemes with lower employer contributions.

Adapting rules to a changing SIPP market – what CP26/20 means for SIPPs and SIPP operators  

Introduction On 22 June 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper ‘CP26/20: Adapting our rules for a changing market: self-invested personal pensions...

PSC tackles civil service pension delays

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo THE Public Service Commission is tackling pension administration bottlenecks by training civil servants in retirement planning and public reforms.Address...

The amount pension pots will need to increase by to match 2021 post-tax retirement incomes

UK bulk annuity private credit risk remains manageable - S&P

Resilience tests show BPA insurers can absorb an 11% default rate across illiquid portfolios, even as outside capital entry intensifies

Adapting rules to a changing SIPP market – what CP26/20 means for SIPPs and SIPP operators: The Pension Scheme Money and...

As the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notes, business models have evolved in self-invested personal pensions (SIPP) sector over time. Some SIPP operators have taken advantage of...