Investment

More than half of insurers are preparing to change the way they calculate regulatory capital as Solvency II approaches, Deloitte says.

The drop in inflation announced yesterday has paved the way for the Bank of England to begin another round of quantitative easing as early as next month.

The latest Hyman's Robertson FTSE 350 accounting survey reveals firms are using an increasingly wide range of discount rates and inflation assumptions to calculate liabilities. Here are the key findings in full.

The Financial Services Authority has reduced the deficit in its defined benefit pension scheme by £7.4m in the past year.

Daily Mail and General Trust investment head Mike Weston talks to Michael Bow about the illiquidity risk premium, risk triggers and infrastructure investing

The UK's inflation rate posted another surprise drop in May, falling to 2.8%, as the lack of activity in the UK continues to bring prices down sharply.

The current crisis in Spain will result in Spanish bank bondholders taking severe haircuts, after a similar scenario in Ireland last year, Henderson Global Investors says.

Solvency II rules will force insurers to increase reserves and cut annuity rates by up to 20%.

There are "real dangers" in blindly tracking indices in the decade of uncertainty ahead, Axa Investment Managers warns.

One in five independent trustees would appoint their scheme's incumbent adviser as a fiduciary manager without an open selection process, research finds.