Scheme investment strategies should focus on the needs and desires of members, but head should always overrule heart, says Alan Pickering

This week’s top stories include Prudential Retirement urging schemes to insure member benefits, and the Universities Superannuation Scheme submitting its 2018 valuation.

The trend towards passive investment is inexorable and will continue, declared Hermes Investment Management head of investment Eoin Murray, opening a debate on the future of fund management organised by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation...

This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now.

Nick Greenwood – the former manager of the £2.2bn Berkshire Pension Fund – died earlier this month.

Uncertainty over where markets are heading is high. Margie Lindsay speaks to Columbia Threadneedle Investments’ Colin Moore and William Davies about the outlook for investors.

Costs and fees are just a small part of the overall value for money definition, argues Con Keating

2018 was a testing year for master trust investment performance. Michael Ambery looks at how different strategies fared during a difficult 12 months

The default investment strategy of master trusts is critical to their success. AllianceBernstein’s David Hutchins shares his views of best practice

Professional Pensions takes a look at how the master trust market is evolving in light of the authorisation regime and asks what the future could hold