IA responds to the Government's Pension Investment Review - IFA Magazine

FCA responds to Pensions Investment Review

On 29 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a statement responding to the Government’s final report on its Pension Investment Review. In the statement, the FCA flags the importance of ensuring consumers get good value from their pension savings and notes that this has been a central part of its work to introduce a value for money (VFM) framework. The FCA consulted last year on suggestions for a VFM framework, including propos…

British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the future Pension Schemes Act will give the government powers to force pension funds to...

UK government to take 'reserve power' to force pension schemes to invest in private markets

The UK government has revealed it will retain powers that would allow it to force pension firms to meet set asset allocation targets to private markets, including in the UK, if they don’t do so on their own. In its final Pensions Investment Review, published today, the government said it will include a “reserve power” […] The post UK government to take ‘reserve power’ to force pension schemes to invest in private markets appeared first on Altern…

Ministers to gain power to mandate pension fund investment in UK assets – Your Capital Minds

Ministers are to be granted new powers to compel pension funds to invest in British assets, under plans set to be announced in the Pension Schemes Bill on Thursday — a move expected to spark controversy within the retirement savings industry. The government will introduce a “reserve power” that allows it to set binding asset allocation targets for workplace pension schemes. This would effectively give ministers the authority to dictate that a pr…

IA responds to the Government's Pension Investment Review - IFA Magazine

Responding to the Government’s Pension Investment Review, Jonathan Lipkin, Director of Policy, Strategy and Innovation at the Investment Association has provided his insight.  “Today’s announcement marks the beginning of a new era for the U.K. pension system, bringing with it the opportunity to embed world class investment practice to the benefit of millions of savers and the wider economy.  “With the greater resources available to larger pensio…