Investment

The Local Government Association (LGA) Conservative and Labour groups have backed retention of councillor access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Deleveraging by banks and governments around the world has created an "unprecedented" investment opportunity for UK schemes, according to research from UBS Global Asset Management.

Aberdeen Asset Management is hit by last month's market sell-off as assets under management (AUM) fall by 1% from March to June.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has fuelled the debate on ethical investment by pension schemes after it was revealed the Church of England scheme invests indirectly in a payday lender.

BMW Group UK is consulting about closing its final salary defined benefit (DB) scheme to new members, amid rows with unions.

Royal London Group has received regulatory approval for its acquisition of Co-operative Banking Group's asset management and life insurance businesses.

Around two thirds of participants believed, based on their own experience, that schemes are managing their cash flow well.

IC Select’s Roger Brown says trustees’ reliance limited risk modeling creates a governance gap

Natasha Browne analyses Bank of England governor Mark Carney’s first move and its impact on gilt yields

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