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M&G completes £265m BPA with CF Fertilisers’ Pension Schemes
The deal covers the pension benefits of over 1,350 retirees and deferred members.
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Broadstone hires Damien Burke to lead regulatory practice
Burke brings more than 25 years of banking and lending experience, spanning credit risk analytics, compliance and regulatory responsiveness.
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Lower-income retirees receive up to £7,754 less in annual benefits, analysis shows
Lower-income retired households are receiving significantly less in cash benefits than their better-off counterparts, according to analysis from retirement specialist Just Group.
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Autumn Budget 2025: What the statement means for the employment landscape
Reeves said these reforms are designed to create fairer opportunities for young people, safeguard pensioners’ incomes, and ensure businesses operate on a level playing field.
Pensions & Retirement
Autumn Budget 2025: Extended tax threshold freeze will pull millions into higher bands, Aegon warns
Steven Cameron, Pensions Director at Aegon, said the decision represents a significant increase in the overall tax burden, despite no rise in headline rates.
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Autumn Budget 2025: Reeves confirms transfer of British Coal pension reserve to members
She told MPs: “I will transfer the Investment Reserve Fund of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme to its members.”
Pensions & Retirement
Autumn Budget 2025: Government to index Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assistance Scheme pensions for inflation
Reeves said: “I will index for inflation on pensions accrued before 1997 in the PPF and the FAS, so that people are not left worse off by inflation.”
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Autumn Budget 2025: Chancellor ends overseas access to Class 2 voluntary NICs
Announcing the policy from the despatch box, she said: “Taxpayers’ money should not be spent on pensions for people abroad."
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Autumn Budget 2025: CGT relief on employee ownership trusts cut to 50%
The Government estimates that these changes will raise £0.9bn a year on average from 2027-28 onwards.
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Autumn Budget 2025: NICs to apply to most salary-sacrificed pension contributions from 2029
Details from the leaked OBR forecast has sset out plans to end National Insurance (NI) exemptions on the majority of salary-sacrificed pension contributions from April 2029.
Pensions & Retirement
Standard Life appoints Angela Byrne as CEO of pensions and savings
Byrne will join in January 2026 and take responsibility for leading the next stage of growth.
Pensions & Retirement
Fifth of DB pension schemes report no barriers to endgame planning – Standard Life
Among 100 trustees managing schemes with assets of £100m or more, a third (33%) said market volatility was their biggest challenge.