Industry

The truth is that the last decade has been a very disappointing time for pension funds investing in shares in the main western markets.

It is a legal requirement for trustees to have the right level of technical knowledge to do their job efficiently. Andrew Short discusses how trustees can meet and surpass this requirement.

Long-term care has to form part of saving, Jenna Towler says

The High Court has overruled a Pensions Ombudsman decision, saying more "generous allowance" should have been given because the member did not have legal representation.

Pension funds must move beyond traditional metrics used to select asset managers and allocation strategies to incorporate implicit costs when transitioning managers, BNY Mellon Asset Management says.

Michael Bow questions public sector pensions policy

Mark Hyde Harrison, the chairman-elect of the National Association of Pension Funds, believes there is an issue of scale within the pensions industry and thinks we need to develop vehicles to ensure suitable scale and make sure member benefits are secured...

Large-scale, collective private sector schemes should be set up in competition to NEST - allowing companies to offer DC without running their own scheme, the incoming chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Friends Life has announced some jobs may be at risk as it closes its Basingstoke office and consolidate its two Manchester offices by the end of 2012.

The Labour opposition should have come up with a solution to help women disproportionately hit by the rise in the state pension age to 66 by 2020, pensions minister Steve Webb says.