Investment

The impact of tighter carbon emissions rules on corporate profits will catch out schemes whose investment strategy on climate change is to "wait and see", Carbon Footprint Investments warns.

GLOBAL - The future impact of pension costs should be taken into account when evaluating the fiscal health of a country, three IMF officials said in a new report.

The impact of tighter carbon emissions rules on corporate profits will catch out schemes whose investment strategy on climate change is to "wait and see", Carbon Footprint Investments warns.

The white paper focuses on the impact of increasing longevity on company pensions and discusses possible solutions.

Schemes are lagging when switching asset classes with nearly 80% taking at least three months to adopt a new investment strategy, research shows.

UK - Pension trustee boards continue to struggle to make swift changes in allocations to new asset classes, research by Aon Hewitt shows.

Favourable market conditions mean buyout prices are at their most reasonable since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, Pension Insurance Corporation says.

The National Employment Savings Trust has appointed F&C Asset Management and HSBC Global Asset Management to manage its ethical and Sharia funds, respectively, it announced today.

B&CE has overhauled its EasyBuild Workplace Pension offering to offer a 0% annual management charge for the first year of auto-enrolment.

Barnet Council pension scheme is set to liquidate its £23m real estate portfolio after integrating the fund's property strategy into a diversified growth fund.