Silver lining to gloom over pensions and shares; Pension providers must innovate for rule change; Sovereign fund idea to boost Japan's pensions
Silver lining to gloom over pensions and shares
The Telegraph
Most people's main stock market investment is their company pension. But despite a spate of bad news, historical evidence shows that after markets fall they eventually bounce back higher.
Pension providers must innovate for rule change
Financial Times
As much as £350bn could be up for grabs in the pensions industry from October because of new government rules. It is estimated that about £100bn is in protected rights in personal pensions, with a further £250bn sitting in contracted-out final salary schemes.
Sovereign fund idea to boost Japan's pensions
Financial Times
A group of ruling party -politicians advising Japan's prime minister has called for a Y10,000bn sovereign wealth fund to be set up to improve returns to the country's massive but underperforming public pension fund.
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