Investment

BNP Paribas will end business with companies whose primary activities involve profiting from the extraction of oil or gas from shale or tar sands, while ramping up its investments in renewable energy.

Lupin Rahman of PIMCO considers the economic outlook for emerging markets

The collective deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes fell 28% over the month according to the Pension Protection Fund's 7800 index.

The Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS's) Access pool has appointed UBS Asset Management to run the consolidated passive mandates for 11 administrating authorities.

One of the world's largest fund managers has broken away from the controversial fixed fee model. Stephanie Baxter looks at why symmetric performance fees are better for pension funds.

Lifestyle strategies adopted as default funds do not adequately protect members from potential market downturn, latest research suggests.

Rory Murphy, trustee chairman of the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF), says trustees must do more to share best practice in bid to improve outcomes.

Douglas Hamilton, the head of pensions strategy at Royal Mail, says its proposals are fair and about affordability not cost-cutting.

The Lancashire County Pension Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority have pooled £1.3bn of their existing credit investments into the Local Pension Partnership (LPP).

Royal Mail workers have overwhelmingly voted for strike action in response to the company's planned closure of its defined benefit (DB) scheme.