High frequency trading hitting scheme member funds - Railways pension chief

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High frequency trading of pension fund investments is reducing the value of scheme members' pensions, the Railways Pension Trustee Company chief executive says.

Chris Hitchen, who also heads up the Railways Pension Scheme investment and administration division RPMI, said profits made from the high turnover of equities by asset managers came from the pensio...

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