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FIRST quarter bond issuance increased 9pc to $937bn (£451bn), latest figures from the International Capital Markets Association show.

THE PUBLIC Administration Committee has called on the government to further extend the Financial Assistance Scheme to ensure all scheme wind-up victims are treated equally.

TRUSTEES and investment managers predicted an increase in share indices and commodity prices in the coming months, research shows.

THE BANK of England should have been bolder in raising interest rates, F&C Investments says.

It has been a tough few weeks for the pensions ombudsman. Last week PP revealed his office is likely to be scrapped following Paul Thornton's institutional review for the department for work and pensions.

A DECLINE in institutional sales helped drag down Aegon Scottish Equitable's pensions and asset management business's first quarter earnings, latest company results reveal.

Smaller schemes are unaware of their choices following changes to property investment rules, Strutt & Parker Real Estate Financial Services says.

PENSION funds are pressing transition managers to disclose their position on the long-awaited industry code of practice, the T Charter, according to managers.

INCREASED legislative burdens have trebled the number of schemes mulling a shift to third-party administration arrangements, latest research from Capita Hartshead reveals.

UK PENSION schemes could reclaim millions of pounds should a European Commission legal challenge against discriminatory taxation of equity dividends and interest payments on bonds succeed.