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News analysis, case studies and informed comment on the challenges facing UK pension schemes, from Pensions Expert, a DG Publishing service
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News analysis, case studies and informed comment on the challenges facing UK pension schemes, from Pensions Expert, a DG Publishing service
The total cost of meeting gold-plated public sector pension promises now eclipses the UK's entire national debt, shocking analysis has revealed.
Push to get pension funds to buy British and invest in assets like green energy infrastructure is back at the top of the PM's to-do list
Sun 6 Jun 2021 19.01 EDT Foreign investors now own 66% of UK-listed shares, up from 64% in 2019, according to analysis of the London market that shows a steep decline in domestic holdings by British shareholders. Europeans have increased their holdings in companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange the most in the last two years, ahead of US investors and increasing interest from Chinese-based funds, said the investor relations consultancy firm Orient Capital. British pension funds own only 2% of the London stock market following a steep decline in recent years. In 2013 British pension fund...
BT pensions black hole set to shrink by £2.2bn Telecoms giant expected to reveal deficit for UK's biggest corporate pensions scheme is down to about £7.5bn - far lower than expected 10 May 2021 • 10:00am Richard Curtis was waxing lyrical. When the UK's biggest corporate pension scheme unveiled a carbon-busting plan last October, the screenwriter behind Love Actually and Notting Hill was gushing with praise. The BT Pension Scheme controlling £57bn worth of assets was pledging to reach net-zero carbon emissions within 15 years as it focused on green investments. Curtis – the co-founder...