Investment

The Pension Protection Fund has hired Barry Kenneth as its chief investment officer after it announced it may bring investment in-house from 2015.

Three pension funds have teamed up to launch a project to measure the relationship between governance structures of UK schemes and the costs of maintaining them.

Premier Farnell has set up a 23-year asset-backed funding structure to plug an £18m deficit in its UK scheme.

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a guide to support trustees in assessing investment managers' stewardship credentials.

Private sector deficits have fallen for the third consecutive month as equity markets bounce back and falling yields slow down, research from the Pension Protection Fund reveals.

Over a third of European defined benefit schemes feel they do not have access to portfolio data which helps them fulfil regulatory requirements, research from State Street reveals.

Almost half (47%) of investors want greater transparency from asset managers on their shareholder voting record, according to research.

John Redwood says institutional investors need to keep their eyes open

Naomi Rainey examines the impact of the high-profile court case

Rachel Dalton looks at fund managers’ reactions to the ECB’s decision to hold interest rates