Investment

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has downgraded its long-term debt rating for ITV because of a "ballooning" pensions deficit and poor first-half performance.

Some 181 of the world's largest global investors have issued a joint call for policy makers to take "strong action" against climate change ahead of key negotiations to be held in Copenhagen this December.

The National Association of Pension Funds has announced the elections of new members of its two main policy-making bodies.

My time on the plinth and my one hour of symbolic retirement came and went and was probably one of the more surreal experiences of my life.

Corporate wraps could provide employers with an alternative to personal accounts for many firms, Friends Provident says.

The Pensions Regulator is urging employers that run defined contribution schemes to up their pension interaction with employees ahead of the 2012 reforms.

Jenna Towler talks to Personal Accounts Delivery Authority chief executive Tim Jones about the scale of the task facing him as he prepares to launch personal accounts in 2012

UK - Finance directors should brace themselves to report higher pension liabilities as the credit spread falls back from its peak, HamishWilson said.

US - The Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) has hired Martin Currie to run a US$210m international equity mandate.

Pension transfers using the industry Options system took 11 calendar days in the second quarter of the year, latest Association of British Insurers data reveals.