Investment

The Royal Mail has offered its scheme members an improved deal in pension scheme negotiations as the company looks to avoid strike action before its floatation on the stock market.

Investment consultants' recommendations are not driven by past performance, add no value to investors yet significantly impact inflows, academic research on the US market finds.

An independent fact check has "comprehensively discredited" government claims over firefighters' pension reform, the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) says.

Trustees of the £127m Sappi UK defined benefit (DB) scheme have appointed SEI to act as fiduciary manager to its entire portfolio.

More than three quarters of respondents said trustees should always run a competitive tendering exercise before appointing a fiduciary manager.

Buzz respondents were broadly supportive of the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) decision to leave its levy framework untouched this year.

Here it is - the complete list of winners for this year's Pension Scheme of the Year Awards.

BlackRock has launched a new multi-asset strategy aiming to provide cash outperformance of 6% as competition heats up in the diversified growth fund (DGF) market.

The US Federal Reserve surprised investors and sent shares soaring after it unexpectedly opted to hold back on any tapering of its stimulus last night.

Jack Jones looks at the significance of movements in measures of scheme funding