Investment

High-yield bonds are an attractive investment proposition in a positive growth environment with the prospect of rising interest rates in 2015, according to Schroders.

John Redwood explains why low oil prices are good news for institutional investors

Towers Watson has launched an off-shore longevity hedging service to give medium-sized schemes direct access to the reinsurance market.

M&G Real Estate fund manager Dermot Kiernan talks to Professional Pensions about the outlook for UK property market in 2015 and the best investment opportunities.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking annuity providers to look into their non-advised sales going back to 2008 to see if consumers missed out on higher income by buying the wrong type of annuity.

The MacDermid Canning Pension Scheme has bought out its 670-member scheme using Aon Hewitt's implemented annuities service.

A methodology for assessing longevity basis risk developed by Hymans Robertson and Cass Business School will help bring index-based longevity swaps into the mainstream, say actuaries.

The total deficit of schemes covered by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has climbed to its highest level since April 2013, latest figures show.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has agreed to carry out a broad survey of members to discover their views on non-financial investment concerns.

Partnership has completed a £206m buy-in covering high value members of a "multi-billion pound scheme" in the biggest medically underwritten bulk annuity deal to date.