Investment

JAPAN - Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, plans to cut the number of money-management firms it uses to simplify operations and adopt new benchmark indexes to reduce market impact and lower trading costs.

If the pensions industry wasn't already aware of the dire state of public confidence in UK savings, the National Association of Pension Funds provided shuddering confirmation.

Helen Morrissey talks to Comet Pension Scheme manager James Arnold about attaining the NAPF Quality Mark

After a slow start, the corporate wrap has finally taken off in the UK. In light of this progress, the panelists discuss the advantages of such a product for both employers and employees.

In a recent news story Lib Dem pensions spokesman Steve Webb described NEST as being "doomed to failure" - do you agree?

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: How do you feel the governance of DC schemes can be improved?

Sebastian Cheek reports on a lack of members' financial awareness necessitating good governance for DC schemes

The expected charging structure for the National Employment Savings Trust has received a mixed reaction.

Tom Selby previews the March 25 edition of Professional Pensions.

AUSTRALIA/CANADA - Australian pension reserve fund Future Fund has terminated discussions with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) regarding their proposal to acquire Transurban Group.