PLSA Blog

As the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, we are committed to lobbying for change and innovation which will help everyone achieve a better income in retirement. As part of our ongoing work, we are keen to communicate how we seek to achieve this and we explain further in our PLSA blog series.

Helping members run their schemes September 2024 update 10 September 2024 I know that many of you look to the PLSA for tools you can use in improving your schemes’ member communications. Last week’s launch of the 2024 Pay Your Pension Some Attention campaign was a good example of how we can help. This year’... Read more

Helping members run their schemes, August 2024 update 12 August 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has duly announced a Pensions Review, and we now know it will be split into two parts and led by Emma Reynolds MP – the new Minister for Pensions and the first holder of that office to be based jointly in HM T... Read more

First 100 days of government: support the Local Government Pension Scheme 03 July 2024 The Local Government Pension Scheme is a unique player in the UK pensions market. With assets totalling more than £425 billion, the LGPS is the largest DB pension scheme in the UK and one of the biggest in the world. Not only is it un... Read more

Helping members run their schemes, July 2024 update 02 July 2024 The good news for those of you who are less ‘politico’ than me is that it’s almost all over. In a week’s time, we should know what the new Government looks like and – most probably – the identities of key Ministers in ‘pensions-facing... Read more

First 100 days of government: helping bridge the pensions and growth gap 26 June 2024 Strong growth is the foundation of a thriving economy and society and there are a variety of policy measures that governments can adopt to secure higher growth. While fiscal and monetary policies are the preeminent mechanisms for driv... Read more

First 100 days of government: support well run DB schemes 19 June 2024 Despite a shift in occupational pension provision from DB to DC schemes in recent years, DB schemes remain of vital importance to millions of savers in providing a retirement income and to the wider economy through investments in the ... Read more

First 100 days of government: Support adequate pension saving 12 June 2024 Thanks to automatic enrolment (AE), 19.4 million people who had not previously saved into a pension scheme are now setting money aside for their retirement. While AE has been successful in getting millions more saving for retirement, ... Read more

First 100 days of Government: help savers navigate choices at retirement 05 June 2024 Until 2015, accessing your pension meant – for most people – converting a pot of money into a guaranteed income for life. But since the pension freedoms were introduced, over 55s have had a much wider choice over what to do with their... Read more

Helping members run their schemes, June update 03 June 2024 While there will certainly be some continuity regardless of who wins (e.g. on the ‘Pensions and Growth’ agenda) the parties have very different policies in other areas (think Lifetime Allowance, for example). From the PLSA’s perspecti... Read more

Introducing the new PLSA member area and community 14 May 2024 The PLSA member area is the new place to bring the industry together and provide PLSA members with practical information and the chance to connect with each other. Log in to benefit from: An online community so you can share experienc... Read more