Investment

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.

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

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.

Jonathan Stapleton predicts more pain for sponsoring employers