Hymans Robertson

Andrew Short looks at the number of threats to the cashflows of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Short-term inflation remains a "headache" for schemes and sponsors, despite a fall in the inflation rate in October.

More than £2bn of pension fund liabilities was transferred in the third quarter of the year through buy-ins, buyouts and longevity swaps, Hymans Robertson analysis shows.

Andrew Short looks at how trustees can get the best outcome

Employers are failing to fully hedge their liabilities after a study revealed half of the FTSE350 still had a proportion of their market capitalisation valuation un-hedged.

Local authority pension funds offer the best prospects for kick starting a nationwide house building initiative to solve the UK's house shortage, a think tank says.

Academics and industry specialists are working hard to make longevity risk investable on the capital markets, but the process is not without its growing pains, as Chris Panteli discovers.

Narrowing Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index inflation will save schemes switching to CPI just 60p a week for each scheme member, according to figures.

Jonathan Stapleton on the fall out from QE2

Time is running out for high earners to protect themselves from a potential £100,000 tax hit ahead of changes to the lifetime allowance, Hymans Robertson warns.