Investment

The Prince of Wales has called on the pensions industry to ditch its "short-term outlook" or risk condemning the country to a "miserable future".

Mark Hyde Harrison said he wanted to use the opening speech of the conference - his last as chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) - to get the debate going.

Jack Jones looks at how trustees can assess their managers

Charlotte Moore looks at the forces at work on the American currency

Jack Jones says the new Kodak scheme could still end up in the PPF

Taha Lokhandwala explores investors’ views on the impact of global loose monetary policy

Jonathan Stapleton asks if small DB schemes can access the benefits of scale

Schemes were urged to work with each other and government to embed sustainable practices in the industry by BT Pension Scheme chairman Paul Spencer.

The winding up of defined benefit (DB) schemes has led to increased demand for pension trustee liability insurance, the Occupational Pensions Defence Union (OPDU) says.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has launched a Stewardship Disclosure Framework, with submissions from JP Morgan, Aviva, Newton and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).