Investment

The Pensions Regulator has published a list of key features that defined contribution schemes "need to be able to demonstrate" to show they will deliver good outcomes for savers.

Default funds are firmly in the industry's spotlight after the Association of British Insurers and the Investment Management Association announced joint initiatives to "build standards" in the area.

Here it is: the 36 key features The Pensions Regulator believes will improve member outcomes in defined contribution schemes.

The Office for National Statistics is to consult on plans to expand the Consumer Prices Index inflation measure to include housing costs.

Cambridge Local Government Pension Fund and Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, have launched Cambridge & Counties bank.

The People's Pension has unveiled its "starting" trustee board, composed entirely of independent trustees.

Schemes must maintain "vigilance" around smart beta asset managers charging fees more akin to alpha strategies, Towers Watson warns.

It is paranoia that drives so much opposition to saving, Rachel Dalton writes

The industry has five years to undertake "radical reform" or face heavy-handed government intervention, a researcher warns.

The Pension Protection Fund is to consider bringing its investment in-house from 2015 after projections revealed its fund management fees are set to soar over the next three years.