Investment

An EU-wide plan to improve the sustainability and equality of pension schemes has been given the green light.

Poor understanding of DC issues is a key problem for members. Chirag Ghelani of Sackers looks at trustees' obligations to help, and what they can do to support informed decisions

It is said the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Sometimes in investment there are no certainties at all. The herd has a view. It is right, until trends change, when it is often wrong.

Chris Panteli looks at the range of alternatives trustees are turning to as a result

The Pensions Regulator is "concerned" by regulatory arbitrage and its effect on the security of member benefits, its chief executive says.

Emerging market corporate issuers are rising in prominence on the fixed income books of institutional investors overtaking sovereign debtors, fund managers say.

Government risks accusations of a ‘mis-selling scandal' unless it matches auto-enrolment reform with a revamp of the state pension, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Increases in VAT, fuel duty and the price of crude oil contributed to a surge in inflation in January, latest official figures reveal.

Almost three-quarters of schemes are committed to long-term de-risking strategies but the majority still plan to demand extra employer contributions, an Aon Hewitt poll reveals.

Hedge fund investors must stop "undermining" one another by accepting inadequate terms, says allocator the Universities Superannuation Scheme.