Investment

UK - Barratt Developments has posted a £7.1m (US$11.6m) gain in income as a result of closing its defined benefit scheme to current employees.

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has committed C$39.8m (US$37.2m) to Canadian technology company GLV, as part of an ongoing programme to invest C$1.5bn in Quebec-based firms.

Widespread apathy towards private pension plans remains one of the biggest challenges facing the industry, research by Baring Asset Management reveals.

Investors are bringing retirement plans forward and buying annuities now to take advantage of the recent rally in equity markets, Hargreaves Lansdown says.

Barratt Developments has posted a £7.1m gain in income as a result of closing its defined benefit scheme to current employees.

UK - The government will fail to protect millions of Britons from poverty in old age unless it makes vital changes to the way in which it plans to introduce personal accounts, a Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce report...

The government will fail to protect millions of Britons from poverty in old age unless it makes vital changes to the way in which it plans to introduce personal accounts, a Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce report...

Divyesh Hindocha of Mercer offers his own post-crisis analysis and looks at why some long-term investors should be looking to increase their risk budget

AUSTRALIA - The median growth superannuation fund returned 3.2% in August, marking the sixth straight month of gains, said research firm Chant West.

The latest Professional Pensions Conjecture debate - held today - looked at the key issues surrounding pension scheme longevity swap deals.