Investment

Sponsoring employers often want to cut contributions in order to invest in their businesses - but should trustees agree to this? Our panel discusses the issues.

Yields on ten-year gilts rose this morning after the minutes from the last meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) showed the majority of members backed new governor Mark Carney's move to provide forward guidance on interest rates....

The Pensions Trust (TPT) is consulting with staff over whether to close its own career average defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual.

Defined benefit (DB) s179 deficits continue to fall despite a drop in gilt yields, research from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) finds.

The UK's headline inflation rate fell back to 2.8% in July, matching analysts expectations, the latest data has revealed.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has agreed to take on the pension scheme of architectural practice BDP in a deal which will save the firm from bankruptcy.

M&G Investments' institutional funds have been hit by a £914m net outflow in the first half of 2013, parent company Prudential's interim results show.

Fixed income managers have cautioned the Bank of England (BoE) will be forced to backtrack on its forward guidance measures as it has been too pessimistic over the state of the UK economy.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published a guide to the 2013/14 levy, complete with sample invoices covering different scenarios.

The constant commentary on scheme deficits serves no constructive purpose according to Buzz respondents. Eight of ten said the practice had no use, while just one in eight said it had some merit.