Some FTSE100 schemes should consider a full or partial buyout to ensure any surplus is not "just a flash in the pan", a leading consultant claims.

Pension funds need more clarity on whether income from investment in swaps will be taxed, the Investment Management Association says.

Institutional investment is becoming more fragmented as specialist firms from the retail sector are successfully bidding for large mandates, new figures reveal.

Barclays Bank has agreed to boost pensions for staff at a subsidiary who are being transferred to a firm without a final salary scheme.

A year ago, scheme surpluses seemed little more than wishful thinking. In the past few months they have become a distinct possibility. And now they are very much a reality.

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Watson Wyatt has taken on Paul Brown as a senior consultant in its flexible benefits team.

GLOBAL - Experts have warned that institutions are likely to lose significant amounts of money as part of the shockwaves from the ongoing problems in the US securitised mortgage debt market.

Chairman Peter Sparshott Director PricewaterhouseCoopers Sparshott has worked for Pricewaterhouse...

NORTH Yorkshire Pension Fund has reappointed Philip Williams as its independent investment adviser.