Investment

Jonathan Stapleton's dream for DC defaults

The Bank of England could slash the estimated £200bn hit to pension scheme funding levels from quantitative easing by fine-tuning its approach, Pension Insurance Corporation argues.

Investment only asset managers are set to corner an increasing share of the defined contribution market over the next decade, research finds.

There is "scope for tremendous confusion" if trustees try to comply with all of the defined contribution principles and initiatives currently in operation, a consultant says.

Nearly 30 pension funds, including Tesco, BUPA and the BBC, have filed claims at the High Court seeking damages from Henderson over claims it took too much risk with one its funds.

Steve Webb has outlined two "big bang" solutions to the issue of small pot consolidation.

The Pensions Regulator has laid out six principles for defined contribution pensions to address the currently "mixed" standards across the market.

HSBC Global Asset Management has launched the HSBC GIF Frontier Markets, a long-only equity portfolio, to give institutional investors exposure to frontier markets.

M&G has launched a fund facilitating loans to UK social housing associations with an initial £200m capital from clients.

Accounting standards were a "root cause" of the financial crisis and should be subject to a comprehensive review, according to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.