Investment

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will seek to improve corporate reporting by undertaking a review of pension fund disclosure in year-end reports.

The infrastructure joint venture launched by Greater Manchester and the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) last year has grown to £1.3bn.

Southwark Council has announced its £1.2bn pension fund will cut investments in fossil fuels and explore opportunities in sustainable energy infrastructure.

Nearly half (45%) of defined benefit (DB) members approaching retirement do not feel informed enough to decide whether to transfer their pension, a survey has revealed.

Professional Pensions has teamed up with Pension Funds Online to bring you the list of the biggest pension schemes in the country along with the details of their advisers, providers and asset managers.

Jupiter Asset Management fund manager Charlie Thomas says there is increasing "symmetry" between pensions and long-term environmental investing.

Global growth expectations are picking up as economies show resilience to the major political events of recent months, according to BlackRock Investment Institute.

Mature schemes must have a strategy in place to ensure they sell their assets in the most efficient way possible.

Investors will eye up active and alternative strategies next year to help them cope with market volatility arising from economic and political forces, according to research.

The funding deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes dropped almost 30% to £194.7bn over November, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) latest update.