Alan Rubenstein

Sir Philip Green has been called to give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee for its inquiry into the British Home Stores (BHS) scheme.

With the steel industry's fortunes hanging in the balance, PP considers the prospects for its pension fund.

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has launched a multi-strategy fund with a target size of £1bn to allow schemes to invest directly in infrastructure.

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has been given the go-ahead by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to directly manage assets on behalf of schemes.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) reached a surplus of £3.6bn at the end of March, according to its 2014/15 annual report and accounts.

There has been a persistent fall in defined benefit (DB) pension scheme deficits over the past quarter, according to official data.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has raised concern that low interest rates could persist into the future despite expectations of a reversal to historic norms.

The total deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 Index has fallen by more than a third since the record high of £367.5bn in January.

Decreasing gilt yields sent the aggregate deficit of the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index up by 18% in March, according to the latest data.

The total deficits of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 have fallen by 32% after hitting record levels in January.