Investment

The UK government should issue longevity bonds to help pension schemes and insurance companies address longevity risk, the Cass Business School says.

The potential clean up costs of the BP oil spill disaster could threaten its ability to pay dividends leaving pension scheme investors facing continued uncertainty, Schroders says.

The Pensions Regulator has published member record-keeping targets to ensure standards of common data.

The global economic crisis has still not been solved, Charles Dumas warns.

ASIA - Asian funds at Newton Investment Management are among the beneficiaries of actions being taken by three of Asia's largest sovereign wealth funds.

Annuity industry views are polarized over important issues such as scrapping the age 75 requirement and the impact of Solvency II, Xafinity research reveals.

Jupiter has set the price range of its IPO at between 150p and 210p per share, valuing the asset manager at £718m to £868m.

GLOBAL - Pension funds should base their investment decisions on scenario planning given current market uncertainty, but this is prevented by the fact the pension industry is massively incentivised to herding, Ashmore head of research Jerome Booth said....

GLOBAL - The current refinancing gap for middle market companies created by banks' unwillingness to lend is providing mezzanine debt investment opportunities for schemes, Mercer said.

The current refinancing gap for middle market companies created by banks' unwillingness to lend is providing mezzanine debt investment opportunities for schemes, Mercer says.