Investment

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has launched a Strategic Bond Fund, investing in government bonds, investment grade, high-yield and cash markets.

Legacy Labour proposals for auto-enrolment and NEST will be stripped bare to determine potential cost savings, Lord Freud says.

EUROPE - A European Commission Green Paper - due for release next week - is set to reopen the issue of solvency standards in pension schemes.

Global equities offer schemes increased potential for enhanced returns over domestic or regional equities, BlackRock says.

Trustees must act to secure the employer covenant before it starts to show signs of weakening or financial distress, Zolfo Cooper says.

More than a third of pension schemes that already invest in property are actively looking to increase their exposure to the asset class, a fund manager says.

Employers should undertake enhanced transfer value exercises now before they come under greater scrutiny from The Pensions Regulator, an actuary warns.

The Pensions Trust is looking to "better hone" its in-house investment expertise, its trustee board chairman says.

The credit market is pricing in a 36% chance BP will default within five years as the oil giant deals with the fallout from the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

BP directors will face "testing questions" from schemes in the wake of the firm's decision to suspend dividends for the remainder of the year, the National Association of Pension Funds says.