Investment

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.

Islamic pension funds could move from being a "hygiene factor" to a mainstream option as auto-enrolment changes the pensions landscape, HSBC Global Asset Management argues.

Companies with mid-to-late 2013 auto-enrolment staging dates will pose the biggest challenge to the pensions industry because of a "resource drain", according to Punter Southall.

Professional Pensions is set to publish its annual Guide to Consultants at the end of this month.

UK pension funds had $2.9trn (£1.9trn) of assets under management at the end of last year, a survey finds.

British workers are risking poverty in retirement by refusing to join their companies' pension schemes, according to research.