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Almost a quarter (24%) of Brits planning to retire within the next two years have taken no steps to prepare for retirement over the past 12 months, research from Scottish Widows has revealed
Posted: 15/01/2026
The NG Bailey Pension and Life Assurance Plan has completed a £155m buy-in with Pensions Insurance Corporation (PIC)
Posted: 08/01/2026
Cancelling unused direct debits and redirecting these funds into a pension could add up to £37,000 extra in retirement, new analysis by Standard Life has indicated
Posted: 06/01/2026
Almost a quarter (24%) of people in the UK have three or more pensions, a study conducted by Opinium on behalf of Hargraves Lansdown (HL) has found
Posted: 05/01/2026
The trustee of the Peel Ports Final Salary Pension Scheme has completed a £230m buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), securing the pensions of around 2,000 members
Posted: 19/12/2025
The Ridsdale Pension and Death Benefit Trust has completed a £7m full scheme buy-in with Just Group, securing the benefits of 30 members, comprising 22 pensioners and eight deferred members
Posted: 16/12/2025
Less than a third (31%) of people are able to identify the purpose of pension tax relief, Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed
Posted: 08/12/2025
Two CF Fertilisers UK pension schemes have completed a combined £265m buy-in with M&G, securing the benefits of more than 1,350 retirees and deferred members
Posted: 01/12/2025
A £2,000 yearly cap will be put on salary sacrifice pension contributions from April 2029, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in the Autumn Budget
Posted: 26/11/2025
Over a third (34%) of people said they don’t know how much they need to contribute to their pensions every year to give themselves a decent income in retirement, Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed
Posted: 11/11/2025
The Cosworth Racing Limited Pension Fund has completed a £96m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), securing the pension benefits of over 1,000 retirees and deferred members
Posted: 05/11/2025
HMRC repaid more than £48m to people who overpaid tax when they flexibly accessed their pensions in Q3 2025, the latest Government Pension Schemes Newsletter has revealed
Posted: 30/10/2025
Almost a fifth (19%) of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) aged 55 and over are unaware that unused private pensions will be liable for inheritance tax (IHT), Charles Stanley research has found.
From 6 April 2027, changes to IHT rules will affect how pension pots are treated upon death, with unused private pensions being included as part of an individual’s estate
Posted: 27/10/2025
Almost three in five (59%) people are concerned about rumoured changes to pension tax-free cash rules in the upcoming Autumn Budget, Nucleus Financial Platforms has found
Posted: 23/10/2025
Two pension schemes sponsored by the UK subsidiary of a US-based retail group have completed two full-scheme buy-in transactions worth around £130m with Aviva, securing the benefits of approximately 600 deferred members and 1,200 pensioners and dependants
Posted: 23/10/2025
M&G has completed a £96m buy-in with an unnamed UK pension scheme, sponsored by a US parent company, securing the pension scheme benefits for over 1,000 members
Posted: 17/10/2025
Fears around additional pension reforms in the upcoming Autumn Budget have led to a 33% increase in SIPP withdrawal requests from Bestinvest’s do-it-yourself investors in September
Posted: 13/10/2025
The trustees of the Ferno (UK) Limited Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme have secured a full scheme buy-in worth approximately £4m with Legal & General (L&G), covering the benefits of around 100 members
Posted: 10/10/2025
Clients are increasingly accessing their tax-free pension allowance to gift to younger generations amid inheritance tax (IHT) changes and Budget speculation, according to Forvis Mazars
Posted: 01/10/2025
The Amtico Company Pension Scheme has completed a £52m full buy-in with Standard Life, securing the benefits of 425 members
Posted: 26/09/2025
The SG Pension Fund has completed a £160m buy-in with Aviva, securing the retirement benefits of more than 1,900 members
Posted: 25/09/2025
Just Group has completed a £23m buy-in with the Welcome Break Pension Plan scheme
Posted: 12/09/2025
Data from Action Fraud has revealed that £17,657,249 in pension savings was lost to fraud in 2024, with individuals losing an average of £33,848 each
Posted: 12/09/2025
The Pandrol Group Pension Scheme has secured a £45m buy-in with Royal London, covering around 200 scheme members
Posted: 10/09/2025
A petition calling to stop inheritance tax (IHT) coming under the scope of pension pots has passed 10,000 signatures within a month
Posted: 04/09/2025
The John Cotton (Mirfield) Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme has completed an £11m full scheme buy-in with Just Group
Posted: 26/08/2025
The ABB Plan has completed a £700m buy-in with Aviva, securing the retirement benefits of more than 4,450 pensioner members and over 2,900 deferred members
Posted: 20/08/2025
The Misys Retirement Benefits Plan has completed a £25m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), securing the benefits of around 190 deferred and pensioner members
Posted: 15/08/2025
The Helaba Pension and Life Assurance Plan has completed a £36m buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), securing the benefits of all 156 pensioner and deferred members
Posted: 14/08/2025
The WCF Ltd Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme has completed a £7.2m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), securing benefits for its remaining 122 deferred members
Posted: 08/08/2025
The Sedgwick Section of the MMC UK Pension Fund has completed a £1.9bn buy-in with Standard Life, covering the benefits of all members of this section of the scheme
Posted: 07/08/2025