MERCHANT Investors has launched a self-invested personal pension which, it says, will offer property investors "significantly increased" purchasing power.

BA unions fear TPR ruling will block settlement over deficit; Pension money heads for hedge funds; IMA calls for simplified tax regime; Funds hint at price for LSE deal

MARINE services firm James Fisher has appointed HSBC Actuaries and Consultants to provide actuarial, administration and consultancy services to its two defined benefit schemes.

THE nation is obsessed with property. A great swathe of television shows, property magazines, newspap...

CANADA - The C$122bn Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and private investment firm Trio Capital have created a US$200m fund to target telecommunications and new media investment opportunities.

THE INVESTMENT community cannot finance a comprehensive shift to a low-carbon economy without clear government policy, asset managers say.

US - Chocolate giant the Hershey Company is set to freeze its defined benefit plan to new hires as of next year to cut pension costs going forward.

THE TELENT pension scheme is to dump its remaining equities and move all assets into bonds and alternative investments.

THE UK PENSIONS AWARDS - the industry's most prestigious accolades for scheme providers - will mark their 10th anniversary next year.

FUTUREMEDIA has launched a new "life-enhancing" software product which, it says, will provide education and learning as a benefit to the UK's workforce.