Investment

FTSE100 employers are increasing average contributions to defined contribution schemes despite the economic downturn, Towers Watson says.

The FSA has ordered RSM Tenon Financial Services to undertake a review of its pension switching business going back almost four years amid concerns about the suitability of advice.

The spring thaw is imminent, and after the freezing winter shocks of debt, debt and a little more debt, there are signs that investor risk appetite is warming up again. A frequently heard phrase is "You can't sit in cash forever, you have to do something."...

EUROPE - A third of multi-national companies operating in Europe are set to implement pan-European pension arrangements by 2015, Hewitt Associates has forecast.

Sebastian Cheek speaks to Volkswagen Group pensions manager Roy Platten about how the scheme's communications strategy helped it acquire the NAPF Pension Quality Mark

EUROPE - The European Commission is set to publish a green paper on an EU framework for pensions.

The European Commission is set to publish a green paper on an EU framework for pensions.

Helen Morrissey talks to Paul Macro about the results of Towers Watson's FTSE 100 defined contribution pension scheme survey

Jonathan Stapleton previews the February 25 edition of Professional Pensions.

US - A federal court ruling certified a class action led by three Ohio pension funds accusing the American International Group (AIG) of securities fraud, but excluded bondholders from the class.