Investment

How to approach the end of contracting out

The US Federal Reserve has said it will end its purchases of government bonds in October, bringing to a close the quantitative easing (QE) experiment.

The Bank of England (BoE) has kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for the 65th consecutive month.

The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) has tied up a £1.3bn buyout of its old section that includes a one-off discretionary increase for all members.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is cutting its allocation to cash and bonds to set up a hybrid asset portfolio that will account for 12.5% of its investments.

Natasha Browne explores the potential of responsible real estate investing for pension portfolios

STV has agreed an accelerated deficit recovery plan with trustees of its two defined benefit (DB) schemes after protracted negotiations.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has added two emerging market alternative index funds to the seven "building blocks" of its default target date fund.

Proposals for a credit rating override in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levy framework could create an uneven playing field and significantly increase levies for big firms, warns Towers Watson.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at different strategies for taking advantage of the illiquidity premium