Investment

The government may have to inject £2bn into the British Steel Pension Scheme to sell the Tata Steel business, according to the frontrunner to buy the assets.

Allowing certain women to access their state pension early would have little or no benefit for those affected by the rise in age, according to Royal London's Steve Webb.

Historically UK pension funds have been behind the curve when it comes to integrating ESG issues into investment decision making. However, Lynn Strongin-Dodds believes this is changing.

Matt Wilmington has joined Legal & General's (L&G) pension risk transfer business as director of strategic transactions.

Discussions are progressing on creating a UK infrastructure investment platform to sit alongside the main LGPS pools.

Industry veteran Neil Woodford has become one of the first fund managers to stop charging clients for research, paving the way for further changes around fee transparency in the asset management industry.

People coming up to retirement are still uncertain about how the new state pension will affect them according to research by Which.

Just Retirement and Partnership have finalised their merger to become JRP Group which will manage a total of more than £15bn assets.

Volatility of bulk annuity pricing is likely to continue in the coming months amid difficult market conditions according to Aon Hewitt.

Maintaining public sector pensions will cost £3bn more each year with employer contributions expected to rise according to KPMG.