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MPs are probing a deal agreed for General Motors' (GM) UK defined benefit schemes just days after the car manufacturing giant announced the sale of its European assets including Vauxhall.

Patrick Marshall, head of Private Debt & CLOs at Hermes Investment Management, sets out the case for why institutional investors should consider direct lending in their search for alternative yield

Defined benefit (DB) transfer values reached their highest level since early November 2016 due to a fall in gilt yields and more bearish inflation expectations.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has advocated a "full merger" of defined benefit (DB) schemes which splits employers from their burgeoning obligations.

The reduction of the annual allowance in 2014 has caused a significant rise in the number of people breaching the limit.

Joint venture would see Gilbert and Skeoch as co-CEOs

As the economy moves towards low-carbon alternatives, how do pension funds put pressure on those companies failing to keep pace? James Phillips explores

Jeremy Lang looks back at the events of 2016 and asks what lessons we can take

Over two-thirds of the eligible population are saving into a workplace pension, reaching a new all-time high, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This week's top stories included coverage of Sir Philip Green's agreement to pay £363m into a new pension scheme for former British Home Stories (BHS) workers.