Investment

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) will ballot its members on strike action over Royal Mail's plans to close its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has become the latest asset manager to sign up to the £217bn Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.

Investment advisory firm Fundhouse has made a push for transparency after disclosing how well the funds it advises clients to invest in are performing compared to benchmarks.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has launched a consultation with Universities UK (UUK) on proposed assumptions for its 2017 valuation.

Two in five European institutional investors, including pension funds, are hoping to increase their commercial real estate allocations over the next year, according to BrickVest research.

More than 40% of FTSE 100 companies and over 60% of FTSE 250 firms no longer issue quarterly reports to shareholders, according to research by the Investment Association (IA).

A number of asset managers are to vote against the re-election of Sports Direct board members, including its chairman Keith Hellawell, at its annual general meeting (AGM) on 6 September.

Pension schemes should rethink their approach to defined benefit transfers in response to high demand since Freedom and Choice, writes Kim Kaveh

The collective deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes increased by £40bn to £460bn over August after falls in long-term rates, according to PwC's Skyval index.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has called on widows and widowers in same-sex marriages or civil partnerships to check whether they are receiving their full survivor entitlement from the lifeboat fund.