Investment

Some employers might be reluctant to get on board with changes to employment legislation, particularly when it comes to pensions.

With just over a year to go before the largest employers begin auto-enrolling workers into pension schemes, companies need to be prepared, a provider says.

An equity market review has been launched to assess whether asset managers and pension fund trustees are delivering good value for money to scheme beneficiaries.

Pension schemes are "waking up" to their record-keeping requirements, with the vast majority on track to meet The Pensions Regulator's December 2012 deadline.

NOW Pensions, the new scheme to be launched by Danish group ATP early next year, has vowed to bring "highly competitive" charges to the UK market.

Further quantiative easing by the Bank of England will only occur if the UK enters a double dip recession, Morgan Stanley says.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund is set to invest up to £500m in local investment opportunities to help boost the local economy and regenerate town centres in the North West.

Mayfair Capital has relaunched its income fund and rebranded its opportunity fund.

Nearly two-thirds of pension managers believe schemes are being overcharged for actuarial and other services.

Towers Watson has lost its UK head of defined contributing investment to Fulcrum Asset Management.