Investment

Coats Group has agreed a £74m settlement with The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to end enforcement action for the third of its defined benefit (DB) schemes.

The Pensions Institute argues RAA processes should be streamlined and trustees should be able to reduce benefits in a bid to help those struggling with deficits, James Phillips reports.

Unison has passed a motion that says it will seek to divest the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) from fossil fuels over the next five years.

The industry has broadly welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) plans to modernise processes around pension transfers in response to concerns over surging demand.

Shareholders have granted National Milk Records (NMR) permission to pull out of the multi-employer Milk Pension Fund (MPF) at a cost of £14.8m.

Jon Cunliffe looks at why asset allocation is about to get a lot more important and a lot more difficult

Traditional fixed income assets are failing to deliver the returns many schemes need. Euan MacLaren assesses whether emerging market debt can provide an alternative

Infrastructure can offer investors a broad opportunity set. Martin Lennon looks at how schemes can build a diversified portfolio to reduce risks and generate both yield and capital growth

Trustees can expect The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to intervene in their favour if sponsors are not fulfilling their obligations to a scheme, Andrew Warwick-Thompson says.

In the latest of PP's Pensions Influencers interview series, Jonathan Stapleton speaks to Mike Weston, chief executive of The Pensions Infrastructure Platform