Federal Reserve pulls trigger on QE3
The Federal Reserve has unleashed a third round of quantitative easing to support the US economy following a wave of poor data and a weakening labour market.
The Federal Open Market Committee has agreed to an open-ended QE programme which will see it buy additional mortgage-backed securities at a rate of $40bn per month. The new purchases combined with the...
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Latest issue - 18 July 2019
This week's edition of Professional Pensions is out now.
Employers say master trusts are best pension for employees
Nearly 60% of UK employers consider defined contribution (DC) master trusts to be the "most suitable" pension fund for their employees, according to research by Buck.
TPR launches probe into 'shape-shifting employers' dodging AE duties
Companies which have tried to dodge their pension duties by changing their identities are being "hunted" by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in a crackdown on non-compliance with auto-enrolment (AE).
Breaking down barriers to DC schemes investing in private markets
Removing liquidity restrictions would enable DC funds to capitalise on the potentially higher and safer returns that DB schemes have benefitted from, says Patrick Marshall.