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...Should I sell property and put funds into my pension?...
...The pension reforms are part of Hunt’s efforts to stimulate the economy and will include a requirement for so-called defined contribution pension funds to disclose from 2027 how much they invest in the UK...
...Employers’ access to billions of pounds of surpluses in UK company pension funds would be eased under proposals set out by the government on Friday....
...“Many defined contribution scheme members lack the financial education and confidence to choose their own pension provider....
...Meanwhile, the Mansion House compact between defined contribution pension providers does not need legislation because it is voluntary, with the chancellor saying he would not force private sector funds to...
...This would range from private sector defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit schemes to local authority pensions....
...Pension funds have already this month been told that they will have to publicly disclose how much they invest in UK businesses....
...Of course, it would be good if more domestic pension fund money went into venture capital. The government’s efforts to make it easier for defined contribution schemes to do this make good sense....
...More than $10.4tn is in US defined contribution pension plans, and another $5.8tn is in individual retirement accounts, per the ICI....
...Private-sector workers in the UK are moving away from defined benefit pension schemes — where they receive a guaranteed income for life based on their final salary — to defined contribution schemes, where...
...The results of a shift to defined contribution plans, or 401k schemes in the 1980s are not looking pretty....
...Only a slim sliver of UK defined benefit pension money is still invested in UK stocks. Defined contributions and other alternative retirement savings should now start mounting up....
...and Lifetime Savings Association, a trade body that represents workplace pension funds serving 30mn savers....
...“You decide when to take your pension, and if it’s a defined contribution scheme, how much income, if any, to take.”...
...To “empower” popular workplace defined-contribution schemes to invest more widely in expensive alternative assets, such as venture capital and private equity, the ABI said the pension market must end its...
...US pensions: IBM’s decision to reinstate its defined benefit scheme makes good business sense, writes Brooke Masters. Other companies should follow....
...Another part of the answer is a move towards collective defined contribution funds, in place of today’s plethora of smaller funds, of which there are more than 3,000, according to Citi....
...Reeves backed the proposal by Nicholas Lyons, lord mayor of the City of London, to create a £50bn growth fund, with 5 per cent of every defined contribution scheme’s assets invested in it....
...But most people in defined contribution (DC) pensions also face high-stakes decisions about how to turn their pension pots into income....
...Hunt promised last month to use his Autumn Statement to “unlock productive investment from defined-contribution pension funds and other sources” — so as to create a more diverse financing system to help...
...Origo, a tech firm used by most of the market to handle defined contribution pension transfers, publishes their transfer times, shining a light on some of the outliers....
...We will give new powers to The Pensions Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority to ensure better value from Defined Contribution schemes by judging performance on overall returns not cost....
...LGIM is the UK’s largest defined contribution pension provider, and is preparing to implement chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s initiative to invest 5 per cent of such pension funds into unlisted equities by 2030...
...Lots of young savers don’t really understand that their pensions are invested often for them in sort of default funds....
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