Investment

UK - A Conservative government will investigate early auto-enrolment proposals "as a priority," shadow secretary of state for work and pensions Theresa May said.

Defined contribution schemes should focus on asset allocation rather than searching for skilled active managers, Watson Wyatt says.

Confidence in pensions has increased by 10 percentage points since the end of last year, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

BAE Systems has paid £100m into its UK schemes over the third quarter in a bid to further reduce its pension deficit.

A Conservative government will investigate early auto-enrolment proposals "as a priority," Theresa May says.

UK - ITV has started preliminary discussions with the trustees of its pension fund over a partnership arrangement under which one of its subsidiaries would provide asset backing to the scheme.

FINLAND - European pension funds scooped up nearly a fifth of Finland's recent €3bn (US$4.4bn) bond issuance, the State Treasury said.

Fewer than half of women, 47%, are saving adequately for retirement compared with 59% of men, a Scottish Widows report reveals.

Members of struggling defined benefit schemes could lose out on £150m of benefits unless the trustees take control of their investment strategy, a consultant warns.

So, who saw last Monday night's Dispatches on Channel 4 then? The programme asked the question "who stole our pensions?" without really ever coming up with an answer.