Investment

Boutique asset managers have outperformed both passive indexing and non-boutique active managers in periods of elevated volatility over the past 20 years, latest research by Affiliated Managers Group reveals.

Technology is at the heart of BA Pensions’ drive to help members and it wants to share that with others. James Phillips speaks to BA Pensions chief executive Fraser Smart.

Pension transfer activity has dropped to the lowest level since the introduction of the pension freedoms, research by Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) reveals.

Potential changes to the Retail Prices Index (RPI) could land some schemes with a fall in their funding level as high as 12% according to Barnett Waddingham.

Noel O’Halloran gives an ‘in the trenches’ dispatch from the front line during the Covid-19 crisis.

We expect the global economy and financial markets to transition from intense near-term pain to gradual healing over the next six to 12 months. However, there is the risk if not the likelihood of an uneven recovery, with significant setbacks along the way and some permanent damage.

The Smurfit Kappa UK Pension Fund is set to complete the transition and onboarding of £1.16bn of mandates to River and Mercantile Group following a full market retendering process.

Schroders has partnered with K3 Advisory to offer its fiduciary management clients up to-date market information and pricing to help decision making around endgame options, such as buy-in or buyout.

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

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has hired CACEIS to provide cost transparency and benchmarking services across the partnership.