Investment

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 0.5pc and increased the size on the Asset Purchase Programme by £75bn to £275bn. Here is the text of its statement in full...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced it will embark on a second round of quantitative easing - what's your view? Will this be a positive move for schemes?

Invesco's John Greenwood has warned further QE in the UK is unlikely to lead to a rebound in economic growth as he said there was "no quick fix" to the country's economic woes.

The Bank of England move to undergo a second round of quantitative easing will be a ‘Titanic disaster' for both schemes and pensioners, Saga says.

Andrew Short explores the effects for schemes

Employers will accidentally bring their auto-enrolment staging date forward if they fail to separate current scheme members in receipt of benefits out of the company payroll, a legal expert warns.

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.