Strong asset gains and the closure of defined benefit schemes have made pensioner buy-in prices their most attractive since 2008, according to LCP research.

The Financial Services Authority is proposing extending the eligibility to make Financial Services Compensation Scheme claims to corporate trustees of occupational pension schemes where the sponsoring employer is ‘large'.

UK - Only 15% of pension schemes have 50% or more inflation-linked assets matching their liabilities, suggesting most are structurally underhedged, research shows.

Unilever employees are staging a demonstration in Warrington tomorrow over the firm's plans to close its £5.5bn final salary scheme.

Only 15% of pension schemes have 50% or more inflation-linked assets matching their liabilities, suggesting most are structurally underhedged, research shows.

Standard Life's former managing director of corporate Gerry O'Neill has decided to leave the firm following his suspension last month.

UK - Schemes will find opportunities in actively managed inflation-linked bonds next year due to the differential between RPI and CPI-linked bond yields, an asset manager claims.

Tony Broccardo, Barclays UK Retirement Fund chief investment officer, talks to Sebastian Cheek about how the scheme has benefitted from taking its investment strategy in-house.

Schemes will find opportunities in actively managed inflation-linked bonds next year due to the differential between RPI and CPI-linked bond yields, an asset manager claims.

Sebastian Cheek looks at the latest Treasury consultation