Investment

IBM is consulting on plans to close its defined benefit pension schemes to existing members.

Hewitt Associates has appointed Anne Swift as chief investment officer within its UK defined contribution team

Greenhouse gas emissions of pension funds' UK equity portfolios range from 209 to 1487 tonnes per million pounds invested, latest research reveals.

The £3.7bn Merseyside Pension Fund has appointed BlackRock, JPMorgan, State Street and Legal & General as transition managers.

There must be red flags frantically waving in meeting rooms across the pension industry at the moment.

German investors appear to have weathered the global crisis. Sebastian Cheek investigates how pension funds are positioned for the upturn

With the baton of pensions policy changing hands for the fifteenth time since Labour came to power in 1997, Jenna Towler explores the consequences of having so many ministers

Giovanni Legorano examines the implication of the acquisition of BGI for default DC funds

Raquel Pichardo-Allison canvasses industry opinion on BlackRock's acquisition of Barclays Global Investors

While considered a good way for smaller funds to diversify, the reputation of multi-manager strategies has been tarnished, as Andrew Sheen reports