Defined contribution schemes are lagging behind defined benefit plans on governance, but 96% of schemes believe their trustee boards are governing effectively or very effectively, research shows

Specsavers has appointed Capita Hartshead to help promote its group personal pension to its 18,000 employees.

Pensions Bill; Public sector pensions; Local government pension gap balloons to £71.5bn; Survey points to failures for private equity

The National Employment Savings Trust is heading for a capacity "car crash" as under-prepared employers cause a last minute stampede for auto-enrolment products, warns Hymans Robertson.

Investors should move out of BRIC equities and concentrate on the US and non-BRIC emerging markets, warned Neptune Investment Management investment director Chris Taylor.

Schemes are underestimating the risks they are exposed to by up to 20% by basing their assumptions on "normality" and limiting their definition of risk, J.P. Morgan Asset Management says.

Jack Jones looks at the role of the trustees in the retail group's restructure

Pension funds investing in hedge funds should target emerging managers and distressed markets, according Neuberger Berman Alternative Investment Management.

Even small schemes should consider hedging longevity risk, Aon Hewitt believes. Managing principal and head of risk settlement Bird warned trustees against being put off by the "perception of price".

Millions of pupils to be locked out as teachers strike over pensions; Striking workers face public wrath, warns minister; Co-ordinated public sector strike action to intensify, union leader warns; The Tories can't afford to lose the argument with unionised...