Investment

Employers are facing pension scheme design challenges ahead of auto-enrolment due to overly complex legislation, a scheme manager says.

Schemes will remain locked into safe but unspectacular UK commercial property returns until the end of 2011 due to worsening global market conditions, a report concludes.

Ealing Council's scheme has agreed to allocate 10% of its portfolio to UK commercial property for the first time, PP has learned.

The Pensions Regulator is set to publish a series of recommendations on what "good" pension products look like to help employers fulfil their 2012 duties, delegates were told.

Letters flood in over a proposed code of conduct for professional trustees. Read more here...

FairPensions and Action on Smoking and Health have joined forces to write an investor briefing on fiduciary duty and the tobacco industry.

Almost half of defined contribution members are unsure if they opted for the default fund when they last reviewed their pension, Baring Asset Management research reveals.

M&G Investments fund managers have started moving their portfolios away from investment grade towards high yield for the first time since 2009 due to extra yield prospects.

Standard Life has revealed it is working with the National Employment Savings Trust to integrate the scheme into its proposition to clients ahead of auto-enrolment.

GLOBAL - Pension fund assets accounted for almost $30trn of investment manager assets worldwide in 2010, research by TheCityUK shows.