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Britain's financial regulator to review pension fees cap in pro-growth reforms
Key measures in the budget proposed by UK finance minister Reeves
Ageing populations a 'ticking time bomb' for GDP growth, says EBRD
UK budget pensions tax raid to raise over 3 billion pounds, FT reports
UK pension schemes told to merge into 'megafunds' by 2030
Date: May 29, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Some British pension schemes will be told to merge to become 'megafunds' with at least 25 billion pounds ($34 billion) of assets by 2030, the government said on Thursday, part of its...
UK pension schemes’ funding level improves to 103% in October-XPS
Date: November 2, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -UK defined benefit pension schemes’ aggregate funding level rose by 1% to 103% in October, pensions consultants XPS said on Wednesday. Pension schemes faced a short-term cash crunch in late September on derivatives positions, forcing the Bank of England to step in to stabilise the UK government bond, or gilt, market. But a...
Columbia Threadneedle, Mercer warned BoE on gilts
Date: September 28, 2022
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Investment manager Columbia Threadneedle and pension consultants Mercer warned the Bank of England about the impact on pension schemes of recent gilt market moves, they told Reuters on Wednesday. The Bank of England said earlier on Wednesday it would buy as many long-dated government bonds as needed between now and...
Explainer-Why are Britain’s pension schemes dumping gilts?
Date: September 28, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – A dramatic upswing in British government bond yields this week triggered calls for cash from defined benefit pension funds, forcing them to slash positions and prompt the Bank of England to mount an emergency 65 billion pound ($69 billion) bond buying programme in an effort to stabilise the market. WHAT ARE DEFINED...
UK pension schemes play catch-up with employers on climate goals
Date: June 17, 2022
By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The UK pension schemes of Vodafone, BMW and Santander plan to introduce net-zero strategies this year, they told Reuters, responding to pressure to catch up with their sponsoring employers in setting climate targets. Regulators, lawmakers and policyholders are calling on pension schemes, which manage more than...
Fees are the main obstacle preventing pension schemes from investing in hedge funds
Date: September 28, 2018
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