Investment

Northern Trust has been appointed by Coal Pension Trustees Services to provide asset servicing solutions for two coal industry schemes.

British businesses have ploughed £200bn into defined benefit (DB) pension contributions over 15 years to avoid a drop in pension funding levels, according to a report from Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

A proposal is underway to rescind a controversial decision to transfer residential property into Croydon’s pension fund so the cash-strapped council could pay less in employer contributions, following a “change in circumstances”.

Neil Woodford's new portfolio projects it will more than triple investor capital over three years, according to a sales document that was sent to potential investors on an unsolicited basis.

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) teams are under more administration pressure than ever with the raft of regulation and legislation such as McCloud, according to a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) panel.

While the short-term impact of Covid-19 on liabilities in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is likely to be relatively modest, the long-term impact is likely to be greater, according to the Scheme Advisory Board (SAB).

April’s activity in the defined benefit (DB) transfer market fell to the lowest level since September last year, dropping by almost a quarter, while the number of transfers showing ‘red flags’ for scams increased to a three-month high, according to XPS...

The deficit of Royal Mail’s defined benefit (DB) cash balance scheme increased over the year as the company awaits secondary legislation for collective defined contribution (CDC), according to its annual results.

The surplus of Premier Foods’ combined defined benefit (DB) schemes has fallen a year after its landmark pensions merger, according to the retailer’s latest annual results.

More than three quarters of UK pension funds expect to go overweight in allocations to commodities such as precious and industrial metals in the next year, according to NTree.