Camden Borough Council is hunting for an additional independent advisory firm to help its £900m pension scheme cope with the ever more challenging investment environment.

All of ETF Securities eligible employees have signed up to the investment provider's recently launched workplace wrap.

HSBC Global Asset Management has launched the HSBC GIF Frontier Markets, a long-only equity portfolio, to give institutional investors exposure to frontier markets.

M&G has launched a fund facilitating loans to UK social housing associations with an initial £200m capital from clients.

The vast majority of employers are still not completely up to speed with auto-enrolment requirements with less than 12 months until duties begin, a poll shows.

Caution urged on Osborne's infrastructure plan

Combined scheme deficits of FTSE100 global firms have swelled by 70% in 12 months to €290bn (£248bn) despite record levels of contributions, analysis finds.

The UK and the eurozone will fall back into recession in the next 12 months as countries try to cope with a serious European credit crunch, Schroders says.

The Chancellor has used his Autumn Statement to urge unions to call off the mass walk-out set for tomorrow.

Delays to the auto-enrolment timetable will shoulder pension debt on younger generations, an expert has said.