Investment

The industry has come up with various ways to solve the numerous challenges faced by DB schemes. Kristian Brunt-Seymour examines responses to the DB Taskforce's call for evidence.

The LCP Fiduciary Management Survey 2016, conducted in association with Professional Pensions, gained valuable insight into pension schemes' use of fiduciary management. Read about some of the key findings here...

The Halcrow Pensioners' Association (HPA) has withdrawn its Upper Tribunal challenge of the Halcrow Pension Scheme restructuring after facing the threat of spiralling legal costs.

Aegon has agreed an annuity referral partnership with Legal & General (L&G) as part of the insurer's plans to stop writing all new annuities in the fourth quarter.

Club Vita has joined forces with Legal & General (L&G) to make longevity insurance solutions more accessible for smaller defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) inability to produce a report sooner based on its investigation into British Home Stores (BHS) is "disappointing" says MP Frank Field.

The delay in finalising major changes to the local government pension scheme's investment regulations is already causing problems for pooling, funds have warned.

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has sold a new tranche of long-dated index-linked treasury gilts at a gross real redemption yield of -1.32%, a record low which experts say is due to "structural" market imbalances.

Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has seen a significant increase in the deficits of its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes over the past year.

The LGPS funds have sent their full proposals for pooling to the government. Stephanie Baxter looks at the final details of the eight pools.