Spring Statement

Spring Statement 25: 'As you were' following silence on pensions

Industry

Spring Statement 25: 'As you were' following silence on pensions

Pensions were notably missing from the chancellor's Spring Statement today

clock 26 March 2025 • 7 min read
Spring Statement 25: What to expect for pensions

Industry

Spring Statement 25: What to expect for pensions

Professional Pensions asks the industry what, if anything, the chancellor might announce

clock 25 March 2025 • 4 min read
Spring Statement: UK to raise further £10bn in green gilts

Investment

Spring Statement: UK to raise further £10bn in green gilts

Comes after the chancellor asked pension schemes to ignite an ‘investment big bang’

clock 23 March 2022 • 2 min read
Spring Statement: Goodwin remedy to cost £425m

Law and Regulation

Spring Statement: Goodwin remedy to cost £425m

Equal survivor benefits will be paid in the future and backdated them to December 2005

clock 23 March 2022 • 1 min read
Spring Statement: Chancellor bypasses pension reforms

Industry

Spring Statement: Chancellor bypasses pension reforms

Commitment to triple lock leads quiet mini-budget for pensions

clock 23 March 2022 • 4 min read

Industry

Allow CDC savers to access pension freedoms, says industry

Collective defined contribution (CDC) savers should be allowed to access pension freedoms when the scheme is rolled out, last week's Pensions Buzz respondents said.

clock 26 March 2019 • 5 min read

Industry

Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories included warnings that defined benefit (DB) transfers could become more difficult for trustees to process after regulatory register changes.

clock 15 March 2019 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

Spring Statement lacks pensions policies but reduces index-linked gilt issuance

Philip Hammond's Spring Statement was empty of any direct pension news as the Treasury sought to avoid major policy announcements.

clock 13 March 2019 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

AE, net pay and the pensions dashboard - a Spring Statement wishlist

The Spring Statement is likely to be overshadowed by Brexit but there is still much to do in pensions. Kim Kaveh and Holly Roach take a look at the industry's wishlist.

clock 13 March 2019 • 4 min read

Defined Benefit

USS members should bear most cost of higher contributions, say respondents

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) members should be responsible for most of the cost of increased contributions if the scheme's defined benefit (DB) section remains open to accrual, Pensions Buzz respondents say.

clock 16 March 2018 • 4 min read
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