Investment

European stock markets have given up early gains, which had been triggered by the European Central Bank saying it intended to buy up government debt.

Fidelity has launched a service it says will reduce employers' cost bases for auto-enrolment by limiting the affect on their HR, payroll and technology departments.

Richard Saunders looks at the truth about short-termism

The University of Reading has set up a new defined contribution pension scheme with BlackRock ahead of upcoming auto-enrolment obligations.

Updated: The FTSE dropped more than 3% in the first six minutes of trade on Friday as it tracked US and Asian markets sharply lower amid the ongoing global sell-off.

JLT Benefit Solutions has been ordered to pay compensation after it delayed a scheme transfer and the member concerned died in the interim.

Annual allowance changes are forcing schemes to offer non-pensionable cash supplements and slower accrual rates to stop employees breaching the £50,000 limit on pension contributions.

Schroders has launched five synthetic gilt funds to hedge against interest and inflation risk as it seeks to push further into the growing liability-driven investment market.

Tail hedging strategies, a form of insurance against stock market plunges, will fail to protect against market risk because the approach is over used, analysts warn.

Trustee engagement on ESG issues in emerging markets could lead to a spike in governance standards over developed economies, a sustainable investment group says.