Investment

Scottish Widows has secured its second bulk annuity deal with a £54m buy-in for Barloworld UK Pension Scheme after the insurer entered the market last year.

Shalin Shah looks at how smart beta is being used in credit and asks whether there is a different way.

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced proposals to close its UK defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual as it sets out a turnaround plan for the business.

The withdrawal of Project Thor to rescue British Home Stores (BHS) raised concerns about the level of support for both schemes, MPs have been told.

Everyone should be offered the option to draw their state pension earlier than the default age at reduced cost, according to Aegon.

Schemes with heavy allocation to UK equities that have high EU exposure could see major changes to their risk profiles following a Brexit, according to research.

The British Home Stores (BHS) trustees did everything possible to make the buyer and seller understand the scale of the deficit at the time of the sale, MPs heard yesterday.

Diversified growth funds are in the spotlight after disappointing 2015 performance and concerns they've led DB schemes to miss out on good equity returns in previous years. Stephanie Baxter hears concerns about the popular universe

In this week's Pensions Buzz we want to know if there should be a mandatory limit on recovery plans for DB schemes and how long for.

There are more than 100 varieties of charges incurred in pension scheme investment according to research from the Transparency Task Force (TTF).