Inflation

Government assertions that the indexation switch from RPI to CPI was based on Bank of England recommendations are political spin, a former BA trustee says.

Price pressures across a number of areas forced UK CPI annual inflation up from 4.2% in June to 4.4% in July.

Interest rate hedging jumped 24% in Q2 this year after falls in short-term interest rates and the rising cost of asset swapped index-linked gilts, F&C research shows.

UK defined benefit scheme liabilities remained at about £1.4trn at the end of July, owing to easing price inflation and tightening of corporate bond yields, research finds.

What to ask at the next trustee meeting

Ben Jones examines whether long-term property leases can be used to hedge inflation risk.

The House of Commons' Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee is expected to scrutinise the treatment of pensioners following Heineken's takeover of fellow brewery Scottish & Newcastle in 2008.

GLOBAL - The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned low interest rates across the globe are a threat to world financial stability.

Emerging market debt funds saw outflows in March but concerns over the strength of the developed world pushed investors back, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.

UK pension fund demand for inflation caps in the options market is so low experts say a "catalyst" is needed to level out the market.