Investment

Whitbread will give its employees as little information as possible in a bid to avoid "frightening" them off with auto-enrolment.

The EU consultation on overhauling the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision directive could have far-reaching effects on accounting, investment and communication in defined contribution schemes, argues the Investment Management Association....

F&C Asset Management has told investors it expects to take a £2.3bn hit to its assets under management this year when Friends Life withdraws money from its annuities business.

The Accounting Standards Board has laid out proposals to abolish the use of expected return on assets in scheme valuations.

The Department of Work and Pensions has admitted it significantly over-estimated the number of workers who will be auto-enrolled by the end of this parliament.

Aviva Investors has restructured its business to focus more on fixed income, real estate and multi-asset investments for institutional clients.

The Pensions Regulator has released its reasoning for issuing a series of financial support directions to the ITV group over the beleaguered Box Clever Pension Scheme.

Bond heavyweights have begun shorting UK gilts ahead of an expected correction, warning yields have reached ‘extreme' lows.

UK pension fund assets have grown by 8% a year over the last decade and at $2.4trn (£1.5trn) are now worth more than country's gross domestic product, research finds.

The National Employment Savings Trust has appointed The Co-operative Asset Management as its responsible ownership partner alongside proxy voting agency Manifest.