Investment

How convenient for governments carrying out austerity measures that there happens to be a pot of gold lying around.

Michael O'Higgins has been named as David Norgrove's replacement as chairman of The Pensions Regulator.

Interest rates have been stuck at historic lows since March 2009 and show no signs of increasing any time soon. Chris Panteli looks at how schemes are dealing with the repercussions

Telehouse has appointed Goddard Perry Consulting to service its £3.5m group personal pension plan.

UK - The Pensions Regulator should be more accountable and promote high-quality workplace pensions, trustees and scheme managers believe.

US - BlackRock is set to lose assets it oversees for the $42.9bn Massachusetts state pension fund over fears the firm is not adequately focused on some fixed-income markets.

UK and US defined benefit plans agree measuring liabilities is the most pressing risk factor affecting schemes, but they take drastically different views on most other risk factors, a study shows.

US - Carlyle Group, the world's second- largest private-equity firm, agreed to buy a 55 percent stake in Claren Road Asset Management, a $4.5bn long-short hedge fund focused on liquid credit assets.

The Pensions Regulator should be more accountable and promote high-quality workplace pensions, trustees and scheme managers believe.

The length of time it takes companies to repair defined benefit scheme deficits continues to increase, data from The Pensions Regulator shows.