KPMG

UK - The IMI Pension Fund is to undertake a wide-ranging strategic investment review to reduce risk while preserving returns.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison discusses the changing relationship between pensions funds and their consultants, and asks whether consultants will need to share their role with third-party providers.

Tom Stevenson recently retired from his post as Kellogg's pensions manager. Before he left, Sebastian Cheek asked him how the scheme qualified for the NAPF's Pension Quality Mark

The last ten years could become known as the "lost decade" for pensions, a KPMG report claims.

EUROPE - The vast majority of UCITS asset managers are set to consolidate their various companies as they prepare for the implementation of the UCITS IV directive.

Implemented consulting involves trustees partially delegating fund decisions to a third party. While it has become a hot topic, Christine Senior says schemes need to give it careful thought

UK - The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has insured around £500m (US$799m) of its pension liabilities through a bulk annuity buy-in deal with Lucida.

The combined deficit of UK pension schemes at the end of the third quarter is set to be £100bn higher than at the start of the year, KPMG data reveals.

The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has insured around £500m of its pension liabilities through a bulk annuity buy-in deal with Lucida.

Dorothee Gnaedinger discusses a middle way between final salary and defined contribution schemes