Investment

The Trades Union Congress, Unite and Unison have teamed up with PIRC to launch the Trade Union Share Owners group, which aims to "put union values at the heart of corporate governance".

Rachel Dalton examines the EM opportunities

Jack Jones looks at the implication for schemes of the proliferation of inflation measures produced by the ONS

John Gray highlights the challenges presented by LGPS boards

The amount employers are paying into schemes hit record levels last year as defined benefit deficits continued to warrant cash injections, research from Towers Watson shows.

Fujitsu Limited has paid £800m to Fujitsu UK and Ireland in order to "substantially improve" the funding position of its defined benefit schemes.

The Investment Management Association has proposed a way fund managers should present a single, clear "pounds and pence" figure for all annual costs in their funds.

Mike Taylor hits back in the row over merging local government pension funds

Pensions Buzz respondents were sceptical as to whether schemes could benefit from stepping into the role of lending directly to businesses.

Most contributors thought the failure of the Wheels test case would not have a big impact in schemes. The bid to secure tax relief on VAT paid on investment management charges was rejected by the European Courts of Justice earlier this month.