Investment

The Smart Pension Master Trust has allocated £100m of its default assets to seed a blended private market illiquids fund being launched by Natixis Investment Managers.

The full impact of the pandemic means many defined benefit (DB) schemes will have now overestimated the life expectancies of their members, research suggests.

Contingent funding is set to be used by three-quarters of schemes as they seek to cover liabilities without draining employer cash, says Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

Alastair Greenlees says 2020 proved an inflection point for investors considering whether equities continued to suit their requirements.

With the 9 June deadline approaching for retendering fiduciary management services, Donny Hay says it is important that trustees spend the maximum time to achieve the best outcomes.

The government’s “double U-turn” on the retrospective use of the regulator’s new criminal powers in the Pension Schemes Act is creating damaging confusion, Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) says.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking views on two sets of regulations concerning The Pension Regulator’s (TPR) powers, as well as on measures to allow defined contribution (DC) schemes to invest more easily in a broader range of asset...

Natwest will make a £500m one-off contribution into its main pension scheme after purchasing ordinary shares back from the Treasury.

The relevance and value of ESG integration in investments is growing and is expected to become more important in coming years, according to a paper by Aon.