MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts: July to September 2018 |
MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
13 Dec 2018 | United Kingdom | Funding and Minimum Funding Requirement, Investment - General, Investment - Performance |
According to the latest figures from the ONS, in the third quarter of 2018 insurance companies, pension funds and trusts reported net disinvestment of £12bn. It is the first time since records began in 1987 that there have been three consecutive quarters of net disinvestment recorded. The figures have also revealed that during Q3 2018, self-administered pension funds reported net disinvestment of £6bn, whilst the five-year quarterly average for the series is a net investment of £2bn.
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MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts: April to June 2018 |
MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
20 Sep 2018 | United Kingdom | Funding and Minimum Funding Requirement, Investment - General, Investment - Performance |
According to the latest figures from the ONS, in the second quarter of 2018 insurance companies, pension funds and trusts reported net disinvestment of £3bn. The statistical bulletin has also revealed that during Q2 2018 net investment by self-administered pension funds in UK corporate bonds was £4bn, the largest value recorded for such investments since the series began.
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Occupational Pension Schemes Survey: UK, 2017 |
Occupational Pension Schemes Survey |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
6 Sep 2018 | United Kingdom | Automatic Enrolment |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published its Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, which gathers information about scheme membership, benefits and contributions from a sample of occupational trust-based pension schemes to provide a detailed view of the nature of occupational pension provision in the UK. According to the survey, in 2017 total membership of occupational pension schemes in the UK reached 41.1 million, an increase from 39.2 million in 2016 and the highest level recorded by the survey. It also found that in 2017 the average total (member plus employer) contribution rate for private sector DC schemes was 3.4%, down from 4.2% in 2016.
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Early indicator estimates from the Wealth and Assets Survey: attitudes towards saving for retirement, automatic enrolment into workplace pensions and financial situation, July 2016 to December 2017 |
Early indicator estimates from the Wealth and Assets Survey: attitudes towards saving for retirement |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
1 Aug 2018 | United Kingdom | Automatic Enrolment, Part-time, Self-employed and Contract Workers, Savings |
The ONS has published the latest estimates from its Wealth and Assets Survey, a longitudinal survey which aims to address gaps identified in the data on household economic well-being in Great Britain. The latest edition of the survey is based upon responses received between July 2016 and December 2017. According to the survey, only 63% of eligible employees were aware that they had been auto-enrolled into a workplace pension. The findings also show that 44% of employees thought that workplace pensions were the safest way to save for retirement, while 42% of the self-employed believed investing in property to be the safest form of retirement saving.
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Effects of taxes and benefits on UK household income – flash estimate: financial year ending 2018 |
Effects of taxes and benefits on UK household income |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
25 Jul 2018 | United Kingdom | Pensioners & Retirement |
Provisional figures released by the ONS have revealed that during the financial year ending 2018 the median disposable income of retired households increased by 1.4%. By contrast, non-retired households saw their median disposable household income rise by only 0.6% over the same period. This continues the trend revealed by the figures of stronger income growth for retired households since the economic downturn. Between the financial year ending 2008 and the financial year ending 2018, the median disposable income of retired households increased by 16%, while the same income for non-retired households increased by just 2.9% during that period.
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Pension participation at record high but contributions cluster at minimum levels |
Pension participation at record high but contributions cluster at minimum levels |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
8 May 2018 | United Kingdom | Automatic Enrolment, Scheme Design (inc. DB & DC), Scheme Issues & Trends |
According to ONS data, the proportion of employees who contribute to a workplace pension has increased by almost a quarter since automatic enrolment was introduced in October 2012. Around 73% of employees had an active workplace pension scheme in 2017, up from less than 47% in 2012. More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> May 2018 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspective click here. |
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings pension tables, UK: 2017 provisional and 2016 revised results |
2017 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
26 Mar 2018 | United Kingdom | Automatic Enrolment, Funding and Minimum Funding Requirement, Public Sector Pensions, Regulatory Bodies (excl. tPR), Scheme Issues & Trends |
According to provisional results from the 2017 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), workplace pension scheme membership has increased to 73% in 2017, from 67% in 2016. The findings also revealed that 89% of public sector workers had a workplace pension scheme, compared to 67% of private sector workers.
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MQ5: Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts: October to December 2017 |
MQ5: Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
22 Mar 2018 | United Kingdom | Funding and Minimum Funding Requirement, Investment - General, Investment - Performance |
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), net investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in short term assets during the fourth quarter of 2017 was £17bn, the largest net investment in such assets since the third quarter of 2007.
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Pensions in the national accounts, a fuller picture of the UK’s funded and unfunded pension obligations: 2010 to 2015 |
Pensions in the national accounts |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
7 Mar 2018 | United Kingdom | Accounting, Funding and Minimum Funding Requirement, Longevity |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published research presenting official statistics on the total obligations, or gross liabilities, of UK pension providers including the UK Government. It includes estimates for state pensions and breakdowns by whether pensions are funded or unfunded. By the end of 2015, total accrued-to-date gross pension liabilities of UK pension providers in respect of employment-related pensions and state pensions were estimated to have increased to £7.6trn from £6.6trn at the end of 2010.
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Trends in self-employment in the UK |
Trends in self-employment in the UK |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
7 Feb 2018 | United Kingdom | Part-time, Self-employed and Contract Workers, Scheme Design (inc. DB & DC) |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data on trends in self-employment, revealing that a large proportion of the self-employed have no private pension wealth. The results show that 45.1% of self-employed people aged 35 to 54 and 30.3% of those aged 55 and above have no pension savings.
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Early indicator estimates from the Wealth and Assets Survey: attitudes towards saving for retirement, automatic enrolment into workplace pensions, credit commitments and debt burden, July 2016 to June 2017 |
Early indicator estimates from the Wealth and Assets Survey |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
5 Feb 2018 | United Kingdom | Automatic Enrolment, Pensioners & Retirement, Pension Reform, Public Sector Pensions, Savings, State Pensions |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published preliminary estimates from the Wealth and Assets Survey covering the period July 2016 to June 2017. The findings reveal that in this period 30% believed employer pension schemes were the safest way to save for retirement, whilst 49% cited property, making it the second most popular option. The research also found that 54% of men aged under 65 and women aged under 60 said they were fairly or very confident that their income in retirement would give them the standard of living they hope for.
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Wealth in Great Britain Wave 5: 2014 to 2016 |
Main results from the fifth wave of the Wealth and Assets Survey: July 2014 to June 2016 |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
1 Feb 2018 | United Kingdom | Pensioners & Retirement, Savings |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the main results from the Wealth and Assets Survey covering the period July 2014 to June 2016. The findings reveal that in this period the aggregate total private pension wealth of all households in Great Britain was £5.3trn, up from £4.4trn in the period July 2012 to June 2014. The survey also found that private pension wealth was the component of total wealth which has shown the strongest growth over the period, accounting for more than half of the growth in aggregate total wealth.
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MQ5: Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts: Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2017 |
MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
14 Dec 2017 | United Kingdom | Funding and Minimum Funding Requirement, Investment - General, Investment - Performance |
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a net investment of £25bn was reported by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in the third quarter of 2017. This is the third consecutive quarter of net investment following record net disinvestment during 2016.
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Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, 2016 |
Occupational Pension Schemes Survey |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
28 Sep 2017 | United Kingdom | Scheme Issues & Trends |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published its Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, which gathers information about scheme membership, benefits and contributions in order to provide a detailed view of the nature of occupational pension provision in the UK. The report reveals that total membership of occupational pension schemes was 39.2 million in 2016, the highest level recorded by the survey and an increase of 17.7% compared with 2015 (33.5 million).
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MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts: April to June 2017 |
MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts |
Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
21 Sep 2017 | United Kingdom | Funding and Minimum Funding Requirement, Investment - General, Investment - Performance |
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a net investment of £36bn was reported by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in the second quarter of 2017. This is the second consecutive quarter of net investment following record net disinvestment during 2016.
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