Investment

UK employees at Honeywell are being balloted for industrial action about the planned closure of the US-based manufacturer's final salary scheme.

Sterling rose 0.5% in morning trading, after it was revealed UK inflation climbed to 1% in September, a 22-month high, surpassing economists' expectations and forecasts from the Bank of England's August Inflation Report.

Further quantitative easing (QE) and cutting interest rates to 0.25% have not hurt businesses with defined benefit (DB) schemes, according to the Bank of England (BoE).

There has long been a debate about which investment strategy, whether active or passive, delivers the best value for money. Michael Klimes looks at how trustees can find the best strategy

Private assets are helping some schemes significantly outperform their peers. Jonathan Stapleton asks why UK schemes are not investing more in this asset class

Cardano Group has acquired covenant specialist Lincoln Pensions in a deal that will enable the firms to provide integrated risk services to pension schemes and sponsors.

TPR has called for the time between actuarial valuations to be based on a scheme's health, but is this a good idea? James Phillips asks trustees what they think

Plastic manufacturer Carclo has confirmed it has not paid its final dividend of the year due to its worsening pension deficit, after issuing a warning in August.

The Post Office has moved a step closer to shutting its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual in March 2017.

An agreement has been reached on how to compensate members of the Nortel pension scheme after years of negotiations since the company went bust in 2009.