Retirement
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80,000 sign petition urging Chancellor to raise state pension tax threshold ahead of Spring Statement
A Change.org petition urging the Chancellor to raise the tax threshold for state pensions in this year’s Spring Statement has been signed by almost…
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Standard Life reveals average annuity rates increase by around 8% in twelve months
Annuity rates have increased by around 8% for a healthy 65-year-old over the last twelve months, according to the Standard Life Annuity Rates…
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Changes in legislation needed to support DB Scheme surplus and unlock £400bn worth of capital, warns Hymans Robertson
Regulatory reform could potentially generate £400bn of surplus capital in DB pensions schemes according to analysis by Hymans Robertson. The firm calculates…
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M&G enters Fixed Term Annuity Market Powered by £129 billion With-Profits Fund
M&G Plc announces that it is entering the fixed-term annuity market with the Prudential Guaranteed Income Plan, powered by its £129 billion…
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More than loose change down your sofa: Standard Life’s pension-finding tool reunites customers with £50m of lost pension savings in just five months
Standard Life, in partnership with pension-finding platform Raindrop, has successfully reunited customers with £50 million in lost pension savings within the first…
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My Pension Expert reveals over a third of over-40s expect to be working into their 70s
Over a third of UK adults aged 40 and over expect to be working into their seventies, new research from My Pension Expert has revealed. …
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Annuity rates flirting with new highs in early 2025, Just Group analysis shows
Early 2025 has seen the income available on Guaranteed Income for Life solutions rise back up to recent highs, new figures1 from…
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Key: Advisers expect growing demand for later life lending
More than half (54%) of advisers expect a rise in enquiries about later life lending in the next 12 months driven by…
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Fidelity: How the class of 2015 nearly doubled their pots after Pension Freedoms – £100k grew to £189k after a decade of income
Ten years since the introduction of the Pension Freedoms, new analysis from Fidelity International reveals that retirees who followed the ‘4% rule’ and withdrawn…
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Nucleus urges greater political consensus around pensions and long-term savings policy
Nucleus Financial Platforms, the largest independent adviser platform group in the UK, has called for greater political consensus around pensions and long-term savings policy,…

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