Investment

Only 12% of charities see having a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme as essential for recruitment, mostly in order to compete with the public sector, according to the Charity Finance Group (CFG).

A British Airways (BA) pensioner will not continue with a Pensions Ombudsman (PO) complaint against the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees as they have become embroiled in a court battle with the airline.

This week, Buzz respondents said trustees must get better at understanding fees.

An even greater proportion of Buzz respondents said schemes must do more to understand the fees they pay to asset managers.

Most Buzz respondents believe trustees and scheme managers are not doing enough to get to grips with fees they pay for transition management services.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ruled in favour of the trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) in the latest twist in a long-running battle over indexation.

Pension industry organisations have criticised the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) decision to block the use of statutory override for former public sector pensions.

The Pensions Trust has appointed BlackRock to manage a £100m fiduciary management mandate for inflation-linked alternative investments.

Jack Jones looks at the industry’s response to TPR’s proposals on overseeing defined benefit

Helen Morrissey says uncertainty helps no-one