Investment

UK - The use of transition management within the defined contribution is set to grow as the move away from defined benefit provision continues, delegates at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum heard.

The Pensions Regulator has awarded a £105m contract to Capita to support direct communications with employers on auto-enrolment.

DCisions and Friends Life have developed the Friends Life Workplace Savings Index to track the investment behaviour of more than 700,000 of its consumers.

UK pension schemes should look outside the domestic inflation-linked gilt markets to the global bond markets to hedge risks and obtain higher yields, according to PIMCO.

Professional Pensions held a Conjecture debate on auto-enrolment yesterday. If you missed it, you can click here to listen to the debate in full...

A glut of private sector competitors to the National Employment Savings Trust could have a negative long-term impact on savers, an actuary warns.

The Association of Corporate Trustees is set to consider a new code of conduct for professional trustees amid opposition from those working in the industry.

Employer debt changes put on hold

The Pensions Regulator has launched an investigation into the buy-out of Kidderminster carpet maker Brintons after the firm's pension liabilities were off-loaded to the Pension Protection Fund.

European Union pension policy could cripple British firms and stall economic recovery if schemes are forced into Solvency II capital requirements, employers warn.