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27/07/2016

No wonder our pensions are in crisis: FTSE 100 giants with vast pension black holes hand billions to shareholders

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Analysis by investment group AJ Bell shows that 54 companies in the FTSE 100 index have handed out £48bn to investors in the last two years – despite having a £52bn pension black hole.

16/07/2016

This week, Scottish Mortgage announced that the income from the companies in which it invests is not high enough to cover the dividend it intends to pay out this year. So the dividend will be paid out of its revenue reserve (the saved-up income from past years). Next year, things will be worse: there probably won’t be enough left in the reserve to pay the dividend.

Investment trusts could use their ability to play around with capital/income definitions to work for a new class of investors – pension freedomers. Merryn Somerset Webb explains how.

13/07/2016

UK's pensions black hole balloons 30% in a MONTH: Total deficit of final salary schemes soars £90bn to £384bn as Brexit hits funds.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/pensions/article-3686601/Total-deficit-final-salary-schemes-soars-90bn-384bn-Brexit-hits-funds.html

The deficits of all schemes eligible to join Britain's pensions lifeboat increased from May's £294.6bn by a staggering £89bn, as Brexit fears have hammered their investments.

11/07/2016

The retirement savings of 134,000 steel workers are at risk. Fears for the future of the British Steel pension scheme are growing.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3572390/Pensions-134-000-steel-workers-risk-Tata-rescue-bids.html

As a deadline for the sale passed, two big names had signalled their intent to buy Tata. But the Mail understands that neither wants the burden of the pension scheme, which has a £485m black hole.

09/07/2016

Typical final salary pension schemes have seen the black holes in their liabilities increase by 35 per cent in the past three years...
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Figures from the Pensions Regulator lay bare the scale of the crisis affecting many older types of gold-plated company pensions. These schemes are estimated to have a deficit of about £309.4bn.

09/07/2016

Typical final salary pension schemes have seen the black holes in their liabilities increase by 35 per cent in the past three years...

Figures from the Pensions Regulator lay bare the scale of the crisis affecting many older types of gold-plated company pensions. These schemes are estimated to have a deficit of about £309.4bn.

08/07/2016

BT's pension deficit has rocketed, putting the telecom giant’s sacred dividend payments at risk.

BT’s pension deficit has rocketed 50pc to more than £10bn in 18 months, putting the telecom giant’s sacred dividend payments at risk, just as it attempts to protect its costly sports content rights.

05/07/2016

Tens of thousands of savers have signed up to drawdown pension plans
Money stays invested and a small sum is taken as income each month
Rule of thumb used to be a 4% a year withdrawal rate - but should you play it safe and take just 2.5%?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/pensions/article-3607480/Pensions-running-dry-Experts-say-savers-withdraw-2-5-year-100-000-pot.html

Many retired savers have signed up to drawdown plans. Your money stays invested and a small amount is taken as income each month. But how much should you withdraw at a time?

06/05/2016