Investment

Fear of missing out on yield is driving pension funds to invest in riskier assets such as high yield and asset-backed securities.

J.P. Morgan has launched an investment performance and compliance dashboard in a bid to reduce workload for scheme managers.

The Royal Opera House has confirmed it is consulting with scheme members on closing its final salary scheme next year.

Professional Pensions has launched its inaugural Investment Performance Study - and we are looking for your views.

The UK's main inflation rate has fallen to 2.2% in September from 2.5% in August, dropping to its lowest level for three years.

Britain is among eight governments which have signed a letter saying they are "very concerned" that the cost of European Union pensions will rise to £2bn a year by 2045.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services as its voting and engagement advisor.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Committee has proposed a career average revalued earnings scheme to replace MPs' defined benefit plan.

Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner hinted yesterday that the Bank of England should consider writing off some of the £375bn gilt holdings purchased under quantitative easing.

The Public Service Pensions Bill will penalise members of the NHS scheme and "entrench disparities" within public sector schemes, the British Medical Association says.