Investment

A significant proportion of equity holdings managed within passive funds are not subject to high levels of environmental, social and governance risk management, an audit reveals.

Increasing governments scrutiny on corporate governance will exert growing pressure on pension schemes to become more engaged as shareholders, a Watson Wyatt survey claims.

Prudential UK has enhanced its defined contribution systems platform in a bid to improve its service to advisers.

Nick Sykes discusses how a sustained period of economic deflation would affect pension schemes

Employers are being given more choice in the pricing structures of investment funds by pension providers who realise that ‘plain vanilla' is good for some but not for all.

HSBC has launched five new unit-linked protected retirement funds aimed at trustees of occupational pension schemes.

The proportion of asset management firms disclosing voting and engagement details has almost doubled over the past two years, an Investment Management Association report reveals

Carbon markets need urgent changes in order to encourage institutional investment and the development of a low-carbon economy, the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change says.

The disruption in the sterling corporate bond market in the period following the credit crisis has created investment problems for pension funds, a study by the Investment Management Association reveals.

Active management firms' revenue worldwide declined by 30% - 50% last year, Watson Wyatt research reveals.