Investment

Pensions schemes with sponsors facing severe economic difficulties due to Covid-19 must prepare for the lifting of temporary protections from corporate insolvency at the end of the year, Aon says.

More than £1.75bn has been wiped from the pension funds of councils across the UK after three years of crashing oil investments, research shows.

Lady Tina Green has agreed to pay a £50m deficit recovery contribution (DRC) to Arcadia’s pension schemes earlier than scheduled.

Phoenix Group has committed to its operations being net-zero by 2025, and its investment portfolio being net-zero by 2050.

Jess Williams looks at how schemes can build and manage change via investment-only platforms.

Scheme funding in the defined benefit (DB) universe has worsened, but the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) remains confident it can tackle the challenges ahead, it says as it launches its 2020 Purple Book.

Debenhams’ pension schemes are continuing in Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment after administrators failed to rescue the company from collapse.

The collapse of Sir Philip Green’s retail giant Arcadia must be met with clear solutions and support for its pension scheme, which looks likely to enter Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment, Stephen Timms has said.

Downgrades have slowed, but indications are that the trend has further to run

Morningstar Investment Management (MIM) has launched a range of three multi-asset funds that will blend active and passive strategies to offer advisers low-cost solutions.