Three masterclasses - each targeted at specific areas of occupational pension provision - will be...

Recent market upheavals have left investors facing "significant dangers" when re-risking their portfolios, a new report has warned.

Drugs and alcohol misuse is a significant cause of lost productivity and employee absence for more than a third of employers, research claims.

Swedish fund Sjunde AP-Fonden has appointed Northern Trust Global Investments to run two quantitative index portfolios worth around £1.5bn from London.

Selecting fund managers is similar to picking the line-up for a football team, delegates heard.

The Dorset County Pension Fund has joined the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum - taking its membership to 44 funds.

CANADA - Pension funds are pushing the country's move into foreign bond markets, according to a Greenwich Associates' fixed income survey.

Members of the Pensions Action Group held a protest outside the Labour Party conference to highlight the plight of scheme wind-up victims.

Section 75 buyout debt unfairly hampers multi-employer schemes and should be scrapped, law firm Wragge & Co pension team director Jane Kola says.

Final salary schemes would be more employer-friendly if rules on restricting access to surplus funds were relaxed, delegates heard.