Investment

It would seem most contributors still think there is life left in defined ambition. But sadly a closer inspection of responses reveals that many who said the accelerated ending of contracting out had not killed DA thought this was because the idea was...

The on-going volatility in defined benefit scheme funding continues as £11bn was added to FTSE350 deficits over March, research from Mercer shows.

A Northern Ireland charity created to promote peace has gone into administration because of its spiralling defined benefit liability.

Monkeys selecting stocks at random would have easily outperformed the US stock market over the last 40 years, according to research.

The Department for Work and Pensions' proposal to allow defined benefit schemes to self-certify may be unworkable, industry figures warn.

A second round of statutory consultation has been launched on changes to the local government pension scheme.

An increase in liabilities across UK defined benefit schemes in March wiped out improvements in funding levels reported over the last quarter, according to research from JLT Pension Capital Strategies.

Prupim, M&G's real estate investment management arm, has agreed to buy a £105.4m residential portfolio from Berkeley Group Holdings, marking a significant foray into UK rented housing by an institutional investor.

Staffordshire Pension Fund and Royal Borough of Greenwich Pension Fund have become the latest schemes to join the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.

Axa is reviewing the viability of maintaining its defined benefit scheme due to an increasing deficit and the additional costs associated with the end of contracting out.