Investment

Imminent changes to accounting standard IAS19 could dent UK company profits by as much as £10bn, KPMG warns.

The Institutional Investor Committee has urged companies to challenge the costs of rights issues fees in a bid to get best value for shareholders.

The Pensions Regulator has said it will run some form of hardship policy for employers who cannot afford to comply with employer duties.

Manager search activity increased in 2010 with emerging markets and alternative asset classes receiving most interest, research by Mercer reveals.

AUSTRALIA - Simple, low-cost financial advice should be incorporated into the MySuper default fund structure offered by superannuation funds to increase members' engagement with their pensions, according to Mercer.

Chief executives of the country's largest companies will receive official notification of their auto-enrolment responsibilities from The Pensions Regulator this week.

Pension schemes should be legally obliged to perform due diligence before appointing a fiduciary manager, consultants say.

Interest rate hedges by pension funds fell by 24% over the first quarter of the year, hit by a difficult swap market and stale funding levels, F&C reports.

Fidelity has launched the CB Richard Ellis UK Property Fund on its defined contribution platform.

Just two FTSE100 firms plan to use NEST as their default pension arrangement for new starters post-2012, research from Towers Watson reveals.