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How flexible working hours, competitive pension benefits, and mental wellbeing support can engage the Gen Z workforce

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Pensions and Future Planning Contrary to stereotypes, Gen Z actually places significant importance on pension benefits for future planning. In our report, pension needs ranked closely behind work-life balance in terms of importance, with an average score of 7.52. out of 10 in the findings from our exclusive report.

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The Impact of Indexing: 13 Real World Examples

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Pension COLAs - Pension benefits for some retirees are also indexed for inflation. An example is pensions for federal government workers and military retirees and disabled veterans. a $59 increase for every $1,000 of benefits) in 2022. for average actively managed stock funds.

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Adrian Cooper: Where next for financial wellness?

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The financial difficulties caused by these lifestyle events are similar and can be managed within a general financial wellness programme. And when they come to retire, it would help them understand the options they have to convert their pension and other savings into income.

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5 steps to help employees engage with their pensions

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This can be difficult when the monthly budget is tight so broader money management issues may need to be considered too. Mid-career – staying on course: A mid-career ‘financial MOT’ can help people to see if their pensions and other retirement savings are on target, and what to do if they’re not.

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What does the government’s pots-for-life plan mean for employers?

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Credt: P Maxwell Photography/Shutterstock The pension pots-for-life plan take the onus off of employees to keep track of their pensions as they move jobs. Clarification is needed on how employers would manage the process of putting employees’ contributions into many different pension pots.

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SCA UK Pension Plan completes £1.1 billion pensions buy-in

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This included its asset management pooled fund holdings. Lane Clark and Peacock acted as lead transaction adviser and advised the plan’s trustees, while Slaughter and May provided legal advice and Muse Advisory acted as pensions manager.

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What do employers need to know about the pensions lifetime allowance abolition?

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From April 2023, the LTA charge was removed and pension benefits have been taxed as income with no additional penalty since then, but the formal abolition of the LTA required a raft of new legislation which is now complete, so this will take place from April 2024.

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