Investment

Investors must diversify their allocations within their private equity portfolio to maximise the chances of generating consistent long-term returns, Watson Wyatt warns.

FRIENDS PROVIDENT is set to give its 52pc stake in F&C Asset Management to its shareholders.

Risk sharing has come too late to save the majority of DB schemes, discovers Kelly Gregor. What is needed is deregulation and a more flexible approach from government

Gissings has launched its own "streamlined" online defined contribution pension arrangement for clients.

Three trustees were ordered to repay £411,000 after loaning half of the scheme's assets to the failing sponsor and making questionable investments in US property.

THE Pension Protection Fund deficit could increase as more firms become insolvent, the lifeboat fund admitted today.

Employers need to help staff manage the effects of extreme market volatility on defined contribution pensions, PricewaterhouseCoopers says.

The combined value of defined contribution pension schemes fell by £157bn over the past 12 months, Aon Consulting figures reveal.

Proposed amendments to the Pensions Bill could increase administration costs for sponsoring employers by as much as £100m per year, Hewitt Associates says.

Cardano UK has signed up six pension funds with assets of over £9bn in its first 15 months of business.