Inflation

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.

Rising inflation would prove beneficial to FTSE100 pension schemes if it exceeded current level by just 1.4 percentage points, research reveals.

GLOBAL - The emerging markets and commodities boom along with the effects of the economic stimulus packages mean pension schemes have found themselves struggling to make sense of inflation expectations, a new report suggests.

UK - Only 15% of pension schemes have 50% or more inflation-linked assets matching their liabilities, suggesting most are structurally underhedged, research shows.