Investment

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

In December, DC World held an online Conjecture debate to discuss the findings of our inaugural DC survey

Panellists discuss the challenges they expect to see DC schemes combat throughout the coming year

Trustees should take the opportunity to de-risk schemes as markets look more buoyant, an independent trustee says.