Poor governance is a significant risk to hedge fund investments, USS co-head of responsible investment Daniel Summerfield told delegates.

The Pensions Regulator will be unafraid of making an example of non-compliant firms as the first wave of employers implement auto-enrolment this year.

Hannah Brenton meets Charles Counsell, the regulator charged with keeping employers in line with auto-enrolment.

Pension funds' changing role in UK equity markets has been highlighted in the interim report of the Kay Review.

The Pensions Regulator will keep a particularly watchful eye on multi-employer schemes as part of its strategy for auto-enrolment, it has said.

Bleak figures reveal the gulf between public and private sector pensions continues to grow with 83% of government workers enrolled compared with just 33% of private sector employees.

Specialist equity firm Four Capital Partners is set to expand its institutional business with the hire of Angus Scrace.

Towers Watson has appointed Nico Aspinall to lead its UK defined contribution investment business.

The Church of England has warned the future of its defined benefit scheme hangs in the balance over the coming years.

Asset managers are set to shake-up the annuity market after weeks of dire predictions about the value of annuities for savers.