Investment

Some 130/30 funds have failed to live up to expectation and as investors begin to look elsewhere for sources of alpha is the writing on the wall? Giovanni Legorano investigates

Steven Dignall talks to LogicaCMG chairman of trustees Simon Baynes about how one of the oldest defined contribution (DC) plans in the UK has evolved over the years

BT is to launch a corporate self-invested personal pension for its 20,000 employees currently enroled in its trust-based defined contribution plans.

Vanguard is set to launch a UK funds business in a bid to build a more integrated global asset management business.

Trustees and employers will be spared historical pensions challenges after the deputy pensions ombudsman ruled court time limits should also apply to his office.

THE National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has given its broad support to proposals which will help institutional investors on issues such as voting and the obligations of proxies.

Interest in class actions in the UK has been slow to pick up, but as recent high-profile securities litigations show, pension funds are becoming more willing to have their day in court. SEBASTIAN CHEEK investigates

Gordon Brown and his Cabinet are sitting uncomfortably on the horns of a dilemma at the moment. Not an unusual place for a government perhaps but this particular dilemma is generous with its discomfort. Others affected are savers and those who encourage...

THE Solicitors Regulatory Authority has intervened in the running of John Quarrell's Quarters Trustees, PP has learned.

Trustees of the new Royal Mail defined contribution plan have appointed Zurich to provide the scheme with investment and administration services.