Investment

When debating how to generate alpha over the long term the critical importance of being benchmark agnostic is frequently overlooked, finds Jim Hamel

Many large UK pension schemes are still failing to protect their portfolios from financial risks associated with climate change, according to a survey by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).

Eighteen years' ago today, Jon Exley, Shyam Mehta and Andrew Smith published what has been described as the most important and influential paper ever written on defined benefit (DB) pensions - The financial theory of defined benefit pension schemes. Take...

UK growth slumped to just 0.3% in the first quarter of the year, the slowest since 2012, as the construction sector disappointed.

BlackRock has launched its first drawdown offering for pension schemes to capitalise on the Budget freedoms introduced earlier this month.

The size of BT's defined benefit pension deficit helped save the telecoms giant from being acquired, according to chief financial officer Tony Chanmugam.

Alternative investments can be a good fit for DC but the 0.75% charge cap makes it difficult for schemes to diversify into them. Stephanie Baxter looks at what trustees can do.

Professional Pensions editor-in-chief Jonathan Stapleton talks to Alex Gitnik of Standard Life Investments about the role fixed income plays in a pension scheme portfolio

Prudential has launched a set of multi-asset funds for corporate pension schemes and changed its default lifestyle strategies following the April pension freedoms.

Natasha Browne asks whether trustees should communicate non-mandatory information to members