Investment

Trustees of small DB schemes can make big savings by reviewing their bundled insurance company arrangements says Ashlin Noonan.

Jeremy Lang looks at how learned bias can be exploited to find opportunity in investment markets.

FTSE350 defined benefit (DB) schemes paid out £13bn more than they received in contributions last year, raising the risk they could be forced to sell assets at depressed prices.

Workers at Northumbrian Water will start working to rule today, and have called a strike next week in a dispute over plans to close their final salary pension scheme.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) have invested £60m in a UK renewable energy project.

United Utilities has revealed plans to close its defined benefit scheme to future accrual, says GMB.

Public equity markets are becoming much riskier than private equity with flash crashes and higher volatility, according to Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) investment manager Neil Cooper.

The Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) has become the first scheme to commit its investments to the international target to limit global warming to two degrees.

Investors in Europe will be offered access to three responsible fund strategies for the first time say Nuveen Investments and TIAA-CREF.

Measuring value for money is difficult because it is completely subjective but there is a way forward, finds Stephanie Baxter