Investment

The £8bn Lothian Pension Fund (LPF) has appointed custodian Northern Trust as the provider of an automated proxy support service.

London CIV has appointed Aviva Investors to run its newly-created inflation-plus fund, launched with £107m of investment.

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has provided £277m of debt funding for eight Spanish solar parks.

Two big themes are preoccupying investors right now: risk and recovery. Here Alastair Greenlees, senior investment strategist at Kempen, gives us the latest update on the economic impact of the Coronavirus. In it he argues that while short term fluctuations can be concerning, it’s important to keep an eye on the longer-term.

Nigel Sillis looks at how UK pension schemes could fare in a market environment with negative yields and interest rates.

Two years on from the launch of the LGPS pools, seven senior figures tell James Phillips all about the process and their plans.

Increased pension deficits are putting additional strain on many charities already financially struggling in the midst of Covid-19, latest research by Hymans Robertson finds.

Workplace pension schemes are now providing 30 pence in every pound of retirement income, up from 24 pence in 2008/09, according to Equiniti.

Collaboration is key to delivering on LGPS Central’s mission to prove the pooling concept, Joanne Segars tells James Phillips.

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the May 2020 estimates on the various measures…