Investment

German industrial insurer HDI-Gerling has hired Friends Provident to provide a group stakeholder scheme for its UK staff.

There will be an ongoing process of automatic re-enrolment into personal accounts, pensions minister Angela Eagle says.

The Actuarial Profession has launched a reformed code of conduct to replace the ‘complex' guidelines previously used.

Richard Lowe discusses the sustainability and appropriateness of defined contribution as a suitable replacement for defined benefit

The Pension Protection Fund will reduce the cap on its risk-based levy to 0.5% of liabilities.

BlackRock has won its first full fiduciary mandate in the UK, having been appointed to run the £410m PA Consulting Group Pension Scheme.

Workers have been urged to start saving as soon as possible for their retirement in order to avoid unaffordable levels.

SINGAPORE - The Government of Singapore Investment Corp. (GIC) reported losses of 20% on its investments today for the year ended March 31, but said it has since recovered half of the year's losses on the back of rising equity markets.

Jessops is set to sell its main operating company to a special purpose vehicle owned by its bank, pension scheme and an employee trust.

US - United States Commodity Funds (USCF) has listed a short oil fund on NYSE Arca, as the price of oil declines.