Investment

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is calling on Royal Mail to merge its defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) members into a risk sharing pension scheme.

The combined deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes increased by £45.5bn over February to £242bn according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) latest update.

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has invested £93m in secured debt issued by Welsh Housing Partnership, an initiative that supplies new affordable housing across Wales.

Fully merging DB assets and liabilities into superfunds is "impractical and unrealistic", according to most respondents in last week's Pensions Buzz.

Willis Towers Watson has introduced a secure income fund that provides a cash flow generating alternative to traditional credit and gilts.

Designing good DC default funds for members can be a difficult and daunting task for trustees. Michael Klimes explores how they can do it

The PPF's plans to impose a new levy model on schemes that cease to have a substantive sponsor have received mixed reactions from the industry, writes Stephanie Baxter

Helen Morrissey spoke to DB Taskforce chairman Ashok Gupta at the recent PLSA Investment Conference about industry reaction to its recent report

Jonathan Stapleton looks at why and how the London Stock Exchange Group conducted a sectionalised merger of its two main pension schemes.

Improving diversity is about delivering improved results rather than being nice to people or being politically correct according to Helena Morrissey.