Investment

The Investment Association has set out plans for asset managers to disclose portfolio turnover rates to investors and give them an idea of how this compares to other funds.

The pensions team for Lancashire County Council has won a contract to administer Merseyside's Firefighters' Pension Schemes from 1 April.

The total deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 Index has surged by nearly £322bn over the past 12 months.

Sponsors of defined benefit (DB) schemes could face a £100bn bill as members look to transfer to defined contribution (DC) arrangements to take advantage of incoming ‘freedom and choice' rules.

UK pension funds' allocations to home grown equities has more than halved since 1998 according to Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study.

As schemes continue to battle with their liabilities Rupert Brindley asks if there is another way.

PP looks at structures schemes can use to invest abroad

Top stories on PP this week included concerns about master trusts, debate over drawdown, and the defined contribution charge cap. Here's what you might have missed.

BP has told its shareholders to back a resolution brought against the company urging it to disclose risks associated with climate change.

The Lancashire County Pension Fund has unveiled a new management team as a result of corporate restructuring of the county council.