Investment

Almost all defined benefit (DB) trustees show excellent understanding of financial concepts, but most boards lack diversity.

The Pensions Regulator has spent more than £10m on external costs chasing nine employers to settle pension debts in major cases involving Lehman Brothers and BHS.

Education technology provider RM has seen the deficit of its defined benefit (DB) scheme rise by £12.8m in one year.

Nottinghamshire County Council's pension fund is investing £300m in a new corporate bond mandate to generate cashflow to help meet its infrastructure commitments.

Helen Morrissey says trustees must look beyond total returns to assess whether investment strategies have been a success.

Aon Hewitt is reiterating its call for pension schemes to review the emerging lower rates of UK mortality improvement to ensure fair pricing of longevity insurance transactions.

With DB transfer activity at very high levels amid fraud concerns, Michael Klimes asks if partial transfers can offer more security for members

Schemes often look at total investment returns when assessing success. However, a recent paper says other factors should also be taken into account. Helen Morrissey reports

A new index hopes to demonstrate the economic case for annuities in comparison to cash ISAs, equities and drawdown, but is this really possible? James Phillips reports

While many schemes may feel their path to buyout will be a long one there are opportunities available to accelerate the process says David Bunkle.