Investment

Following its April launch, the Midlands pool is well on the road to becoming a full-service asset manager. Andrew Warwick-Thompson speaks to Stephanie Baxter about the challenges of hiring and maintaining relationships

JLT Investment Solutions has invested £14m on behalf of clients in Investec Asset Management's new credit strategy, which aims to enhance yields while preserve capital.

The board of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has accepted proposals to ditch the term 'value for money' from the final rules relating to the Asset Management Market Study (AMMS).

Some 100,000 defined benefit (DB) transfers took place in the 2017/18 financial year, according to estimates by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

Rates remain at 0.5%

BT and the trustee of its pension scheme have agreed to contributions totalling £12.3bn over 13 years to plug its actuarial funding deficit.

Pension transfer values fell from £235,000 at the end of March to £232,000 at the end of April, according to Xafinity's Transfer Value Index (TVI).

Newton Investment Management's series of DC columns continues with Julian Lyne discussing how the industry meets the demand for SRI

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) expects to consult on trustees' legal duties to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks from next month.

Simon Hart and Rob Archer look at how integrated risk management can improve a scheme's governance process and raise standards