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The year ahead: A look at what’s on the pensions agenda for 2025


By Sophie Smith

Industry experts are expecting a busy year for the pensions industry in 2025, predicting increased demand in the pension risk transfer market, growing momentum around pensions dashboards, and key changes to the advice/guidance boundary.

Pensions Age takes a look at the key developments expected this year, and the considerations that should be top of the list for the industry in 2025


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Trustees urged to consider endgame options now to avoid investing 'dead money' into dashboards

Pension scheme trustees should act now ahead of the pensions dashboards staging dates to avoid unnecessary costs, protect member benefits, and ensure a smooth transition to their endgame strategy, Cartwright has said

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TPO orders company and trustees to address SSAS transfer failure

The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has upheld a complaint against Rowanmoor Group plc and other member trustees of the Alloy Sales Limited Executive Pension Scheme for inadequate due diligence for a small self-administered scheme (SSAS) transfer

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Guest comment: Can alternative assets improve DC member outcomes?

Pensions Policy Institute policy researcher, Shantel Okello, discusses the shift towards alternative assets in defined contribution (DC) schemes, and whether this could help improve member outcomes

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News in brief – 3 January 2025

The latest news in brief and mandates from the past seven days

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Established targets needed to inform state pension policy, WPC told

Industry experts have stressed the need for the government to agree an income replacement target to help inform state pension and private pension policy, in new evidence for the Work and Pensions Committee's (WPC) inquiry into pensioner poverty

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'Bumper' year expected for PRT market amid growing demand

The UK pension risk transfer (PRT) market is set for a "vibrant year" in 2025, according to LCP, as the number of transactions is expected to surpass 300 for the first time

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Blog: Three months in pensions

Pensions Age reporter, Callum Conway, looks back on his first three months in the pensions industry, and what the year ahead has in store
Research reveals 'strong support' for climate-conscious missions

Nearly half (44 per cent) of pension professionals think they should consider environmental impacts when running a pension scheme, a poll from WTW has found
Industry experts recognised in 2025 New Year Honours List

British Business Bank (BBB) CEO, Louis Taylor, has been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List 2025, alongside BBB interim CEO, Catherine Lewis La Torre, British Patient Capital interim CEO, Judith Hartley, and other industry figures
Looking back: The Pensions Age 2024 financial literacy focus

As we come to the end of 2024, we take a look back at our year-long focus on financial literacy, taking a closer look at some of the progress made to improve financial understanding, and the work still to be done

Looking back: Top 20 most read stories of 2024

The past year has been another busy one for the pensions industry, with a 'landmark' Pensions Review, plans for a Pension Schemes Bill, and growing momentum around pensions dashboards. Sophie Smith takes a look back at the most read stories from the year
Blog: Are pensions on the naughty or nice list?

Pensions Age reporter, Paige Perrin, reflects on the highs and lows of the pensions industry in 2024, assessing which developments earned a spot on Santa’s nice list and which areas ended up on the naughty list


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2024: A year of change

2024 has been a year defined by transformation, marked by a new government, the introduction of the Pension Schemes Bill, a Pension Investment Review, and the introduction of several significant pieces of legislation. Paige Perrin looks back on an eventful year

Time for a change

Alex Janiaud considers whether the DC lifestyling investment pathway is still fit for purpose

“Cheers” to good governance

Scottish & Newcastle Pension Plan head of pensions, Neil Parfrey, and Knowa chief commercial officer, Aled Davies, tell Francesca Fabrizi how artificial intelligence (AI), when used in the right way, can assist pension schemes in meeting their general code and wider governance obligations

How at-retirement products are changing

With people retiring in different ways, and living longer, how are providers ensuring at-retirement products stay relevant?

The third choice?

With the UK’s first CDC scheme up and running, and the government recently issuing a consultation on enabling multi-employer CDC structures, Pensions Age explores whether this

is the start of CDC being the ‘third choice’ between DB and DC pension offerings

The self-employed retirement crisis: Is it time for policy reform?

Saving for retirement is a daunting challenge when you’re self-employed and many are alarmingly unprepared. Policymakers need to consider flexible solutions to attract self-employed participation

A wild ride?

Sandra Haurant looks back at what occurred within investment markets during 2024

From bricks to billions?

Callum Conway looks at the investment opportunities for pension funds within the affordable housing sector

Retiring from the retirement business

You might think that people who work in pensions should be well equipped to find a good route towards retirement, including a gradual reduction in working hours, if that is what they want. But does being in the industry make a helpful difference? David Adams finds out whether pensions veterans are benefitting as much as they should

From an industry lifeboat to an industry leader

Pension Protection Fund (PPF) director of strategy and policy, David Shaw, sits down

with Sophie Smith to talk about how the lifeboat dealt with the challenges faced in 2024, and the work still to do as we head into 2025

Bridging the divide

Achieving a fair pension system for all by closing the gender pension gap is a shared goal for the industry, government, and employers. But how much progress has truly been made, and what more can be done to bridge the divide? Paige Perrin investigates

Why transfer exercises are declining

Rising gilt yields, proximity to buyout and difficulties in finding financial advisers willing to execute transfer exercises have contributed to a decline in volumes over recent years

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