Majedie Asset Management has launched a global equity fund for institutional investors.

The UK private pension system is "not fit for purpose" and "hugely inefficient", research by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce finds.

Defined contribution scheme members approaching retirement whose pots are near the lifetime allowance face a conflicting investment decision to best protect future income, Aon Hewitt says.

Individuals whose pension input period is tipped over from 5 April to 6 April next year could be caught unnecessarily by the reduction in annual allowance, a lawyer warns.

Members of the Work and Pensions Select Committee are going on a fact-finding mission to Brussels next week following the publication of the EU green paper on pensions.

Some 40 members of a scheme whose employer became insolvent may not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund, due to a technicality in the Pensions Act 2004, Ros Altmann says.

Individuals transferring from defined benefit to defined contribution schemes could be expected to sign a statement acknowledging the potential change it may cause to their benefits.

Schemes with less than 1,000 members tend to face higher running costs per member, Department for Work and Pensions research shows.

UK - The top 100 UK firms' defined benefit schemes knocked £42bn off their combined deficit over the last year, Pension Capital Strategies research shows.

The top 100 UK firms' defined benefit schemes knocked £42bn off their combined deficit over the last year, Pension Capital Strategies research shows.