Investment

Pension funds remain the most preferred way to invest spare cash, according to research by HSBC Global Asset Management.

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The telephone is the least popular way to communicate with a prospective client, according to PP research.

Royal Mail's defined benefit (DB) scheme could be closed to future accrual after its contributions are set to more than double from 2018.

Buy-in and buyout deals slowed down in the first six months to £2.7bn, which is just over half of business written in H1 last year, according to LCP.

Scottish Power has completed a longevity swap with Abbey Life to hedge £1bn of liabilities, covering 4,000 pensioners in the Manweb section of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme.

The Bank of England's latest bond-buying programme has hit a wall on its second day of operations as investors refuse to sell their long-dated government bonds.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has outlined its approach to protecting members against environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.

As more defined benefit schemes experience negative cashflows Dan Mikulskis looks at how this can be managed.

As deficits soared following the Bank of England's rate cut and stimulus package, the future for DB looks even more challenging. A major re-think is needed to avert a pensions crisis, writes Stephanie Baxter