Pension schemes are increasingly appointing chief investment officers for in-house investment expertise and to slash the costs incurred by using third-party consultants, DMGT says.

A batch of 40-year inflation-linked gilts - being sold by the Debt Management Office this week - has been branded as "expensive" by a consultant.

A batch of 40-year inflation-linked gilts - being sold by the Debt Management Office this week - has been branded as "expensive" by a consultant.

The Pensions Trust has appointed Independent Transition Management to implement analysis software to identify any data errors and risks.

A £1.2trn expectation gap exists between expected retirement income and what people will actually get, Hewitt Associates says.

Pension schemes hedged £9.5bn of liabilities during the first quarter of this year, F&C Asset Management data reveals.

Fund of funds provide pension schemes with investment diversification, although greater transparency is needed in the space as a whole, Hermes BPK Partners says.

Bosses must develop their benefit packages to deal with changing workforce demographics, Friends Provident says.

GLOBAL - ETF providers including Lyxor have signed licence agreements with Standard & Poor's to launch funds on the S&P 500 index.

Sections of the mortgage-backed debt market now offer better risk returns than credit, asset managers say.