Investment

Mercer has praised the National Employment Savings Trust's method of putting new members into low-risk investments, just a year after raising concerns about the practice.

A change to the way Retail Prices Index is calculated could wipe billions off scheme liabilities but translate directly into decreased member benefits, experts warn.

Finding investment solutions for the pensions crisis

Investment consultants and pension funds have reacted with caution to the bonds that would be created by business secretary Vince Cable's proposed ‘business bank'.

Nine out of ten people in the industry believe the Pension Protection Fund should be more open about its reasons for denying entry to schemes, according to exclusive PP research.

Four Capital Partners Limited has launched a multi-strategy capability with a key hires from Insight Investment.

The Greater Manchester Pension Fund has agreed to invest £25m to build 244 affordable houses across Manchester.

RM intends to more than double deficit contributions to its defined benefit scheme after closing it to future accrual later this year.

Local authority funds have called for an independent platform or ‘clearing house' on which they could access local investment opportunities, a Smith Institute study says.

Moves from institutional investors out of UK gilts and corporate securities and into short-term investments and overseas securities slowed in the second quarter of the year.