Investment

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

Simplifying rules and reducing regulation should be key components in "reinvigorating a culture of saving", Conservative pensions spokesman Nigel Waterson says.

The government is considering plans to increase Local Government Pension Scheme contributions for higher earners and change solvency requirements.

Proposed updates to global investment performance standards are too prescriptive and fail to recognise attempts to converge accounting practice, the UK Investment Performance Committee warns.

The Pensions Regulator's extended power to issue contribution notices under the material detriment test has come into force.