Investment

Universities across the country are on alert for fresh strike action as the University and College Union (UCU) prepares to ballot members.

The government must find an additional £4bn of annual funding for public service pensions after it was denied leave to appeal a case concerning age discrimination.

Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chairman Frank Field has written to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) over its influence on the Universities Superannuation Scheme's (USS) 2017 valuation.

Cases such as The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) recent negotiations with Arcadia are at the top of the watchdog's agenda, its chief executive has told MPs.

Schemes are too focused on outcomes when assessing governance, when this may be a result of circumstance not skill. James Phillips looks at whether governance needs more of a framework.

Rory Murphy says pension funds must do more to embrace and reflect the diversity among their membership.

The £9bn Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) has pledged £30m of scheme assets to a private direct lending fund designed to support small businesses and the UK economy.

Six asset managers have been praised for their "exceptional transparency" in reporting transaction costs and charges to clients including pension schemes.

AREF explains why real estate investors should care about the association's Quality Mark guarantee of high standards in fund governance.

RiskFirst and Insight Investment have partnered to provide improved fund modelling and analytics to the defined benefit (DB) pension schemes market.