Investment

Unite has called on energy minister Jesse Norman to meet with trade unions to discuss proposed pension reforms for workers in the nuclear industry.

Pensions minister Richard Harrington has said the government will work with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to improve transparency of pension costs.

University of St Andrews' £90m defined benefit (DB) scheme has delegated its day-to-day investment management to Aon Hewitt to reduce volatility and increase diversification.

Companies will need to set aside an extra £10bn every year for the next decade in order to fix the growth in defined benefit (DB) deficits over 2016, according to PwC.

Pension funds have been given extra time to prepare for potentially onerous rules requiring their over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions to be centrally cleared.

Enquiries on transferring final salary pensions overseas shot up in December as savers feared the effect of the upcoming Brexit negotiations, according to deVere Group.

Section 75 debt regulation is inadvertently causing huge financial distress for employers in the industry-wide plumbers' scheme. After years of inaction the government must urgently find a solution, writes Stephanie Baxter

As the FCA closes its consultation on improving transparency of costs and charges in pension schemes, James Phillips asks the industry whether the watchdog has the right solution.

Improved prospects for growth and inflation mean investors should look to invest more in risk assets according to Schroders.

The Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) and GKN Group have approved a £190m buyout in one of the first de-risking deals of 2017.