The Government’s first meaningful discussion with the industry is part 1 of their much trailed Pensions Investment Review. The Review has key goals to increase investment in UK assets and also to accelerate ...
Pensions
There are over 25,000 trust based pension schemes in the UK. A trust-based pension scheme is a workplace or personal pension run by a group of trustees. A pension trustee is a critical figure in the operation a...
Broadstone supports the Debenhams Retirement Scheme on the £600 million deal – the second ever UK superfund transaction – and the first transaction from a scheme that has been through a Pension Prot...
Complex consultations and General Election on the horizon could deliver quiet budget for pensions industry State Pension triple lock likely to be backed by Conservatives with tax cuts expected to dominate Broa...
The UK continues to face a challenging and uncertain economic landscape. High fuel and food prices, a current bank rate of 5.25% (with more news expected on the 1st of February), high inflation (4% against a ta...
On the 4 December 2023 we collated a great panel to discuss the DB aspects of the Autumn statement with particular focus on defining productive finance, Trusteeship developments, refund of surplus, public secto...
David Brooks joined Rosie Wright this morning on the Times Radio discussing the business news. They discuss Cunard accused of using “fire and rehire”, foreign interest to buy The Telegraph, the importance of Bl...
Where does this leave us as an industry? The short answer is – waiting on the Autumn Statement as that is the likely moment for an announcement on what’s next for this government’s policy on pensions. We know t...
The trustees of the Sears Retail Pension Scheme, which is worth £590m, have confirmed their decision to participate in the UK’s inaugural “superfund” or commercial consolidator transaction with Clara Pens...
