Industry

TPR determinations panel chairman John Scampion on the organisation's work

Strain on local government pensions is speeding up their maturity faster than previously thought, a leading consultant says.

Michael Bow reports from the Public Sector Pensions conference, held in London last week.

We are all risk managers these days

Sky high gilt prices at the start of 2012 have increased the attractiveness of bulk annuities for schemes holding gilts, a survey says.

Stricter governance standards in a reformed Local Government Pension Scheme will force council funds to "raise their game" on scheme deficits, a public sector union says.

Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond's decision to forgo half his bonus until the bank improves profitability has failed to assuage the concerns of institutional investors.

High frequency trading of pension fund investments is reducing the value of scheme members' pensions, the Railways Pension Trustee Company chief executive says.

Steve Webb has been talking about "defined ambition" since January, but when the pensions minister wrote about it in the Daily Telegraph last week he pushed the idea out of the pension industry and into the public eye.

London council leaders have raised governance concerns over proposals to merge council pension funds and invest directly in London infrastructure projects.