Investment

The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has agreed a plan to tackle its pension deficit by making payments of £34m a year with additional contributions if it engages in share buy backs.

Asset manager River and Mercantile plans to float on the main market, following its merger with fiduciary management firm P-Solve earlier in the year.

The burden of complying with an updated European pensions directive and changes announced in the Budget could lead employers to wind up small schemes, warns a consultant.

Norfolk, Suffolk and Hackney Pension Funds have appointed HSBC Securities as custodian through the National Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Frameworks.

The industry is divided on whether schemes should move towards more passive investment strategies, PP research finds.

Jonathan Stapleton asks if we are moving back to a simpler way of doing things

Marston's has announced it will close its final salary pension scheme to future accrual from 30 September 2014.

DCLG's proposals for the future of the LGPS fall flat, Naomi Rainey says

Naomi Rainey looks at the government’s latest consultation on the LGPS

Natasha Browne examines how a rise in yields would impact property portfolios