Investment

THE Pension Protection Fund has confirmed that it has set a pension protection levy estimate of £700m for 2009/10.

TRUSTEES must remain vigilant in the current economic turmoil but it is essential their thinking remains long-term, delegates heard.

PENSION PROTECTION FUND proposals to include longer-term risk in its levy calculations will lead to relatively well-funded schemes with strong sponsors paying more, Watson Wyatt says.

A LACK of transparent information is making it difficult for trustees to assess where the underlying investment risk lies within their portfolios, Horwath Clark Whitehill research reveals.

AUSTRALIA - Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law has formally launched the Capital Markets Co-operative Research Centre, designed to focus on market manipulation and fraud.

THE Pension Protection Fund has gone out to consultation on proposals to take account of scheme investment strategies when calculating levies.

The financial crisis will have a significant affect on pension fund asset allocation and will trigger investment manager reviews, bfinance warns.

Defined contribution pension contributions have plummeted as a direct result of economic downturn, Prudential says.

MORE schemes will trigger regulator scrutiny as recovery plans move outside ten year guideline, Xafinity Consulting claims.

GOVERNANCE and member understanding can be substantially improved through the introduction of "white labelling", Zurich says.