Investment

Proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) are being justified by an overestimation of its deficit, according to University and College Union (UCU).

Michael Klimes looks at what must be done to to get the service up and running by April 2015

Consultants have been accused of using an "accounting trick" to overstate the performance of alternative investments by about £5.1bn over the past decade across Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS).

Helen Morrissey says the London Mayor's criticism of public sector schemes was unfair

Pan Trustees has made its Federated Pension Plan available to all sponsors of legacy defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

Boris Johnson has called for the UK's public sector pension schemes to be pooled into one sovereign wealth fund so money can be invested into Britain's infrastructure.

The London Pensions Fund Authority's ("LPFA") assets grew by £196m in the last year, according to its 2013-2014 annual report.

Asset and fund managers are the least trusted of all financial services firms, according to research.

Pension funds vying for asset classes freshly introduced to the market could erode the expected returns, SEI has warned.

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