Investment

The government has officially launched a call for evidence to review the regulatory differences between trust-based and contract-based defined contribution schemes.

The Pensions Regulator has published a discussion paper on how it should support the defined contribution (DC) market in the delivery of good outcomes for savers.

The Pensions Regulator is set to release a discussion paper on how to improve member outcomes from defined contribution schemes.

State Street and F&C Investments have joined forces to offer an environmental, social and governance reporting service for trustees and scheme managers.

UK - The Department for Work and Pensions is to take action to stop firms using differences between defined contribution regulations to cut scheme costs when faced with auto-enrolment.

California-based dynamic asset allocation specialist First Quadrant has launched a new investment strategy in the UK aimed at offering defined contribution plans a more diversified default option.

People saving for retirement are losing faith in property as a means to supplement their pensions, a study by the Association of British Insurers shows.

US - California-based dynamic asset allocation specialist First Quadrant has launched a new investment strategy in the UK aimed at offering defined contribution (DC) plans a more diversified default option.

US - The Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) posted returns of 16% in 2010, ending the year with nearly $7.7bn in assets.

Jim O'Neill of Goldman Sachs Asset Management considers the accepted wisdom that the rise of the BRIC economies will be to the detriment of the United States