Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: an independent trustee recently branded DC default investment strategies as a cop out by trustees - do you agree?
Legal & General has launched an index-linked property fund in a bid to provide schemes with an alternative to index-linked gilts and bonds.
UK - A group of banks and insurance firms have launched an association to promote the development of a liquid traded market in longevity and mortality-related risk.
A group of banks and insurance firms have launched an association to promote the development of a liquid traded market in longevity and mortality-related risk.
UK - The value of buyouts, buy-ins and longevity swap deals struck during the 2009 has been more than £7.5bn (US$12bn), latest research by Hymans Robertson revealed.
Panellists tackle one of the hot topics of the last year - the issues surrounding traditional default funds
Closing a defined benefits scheme to future accrual is a simple way of derisking, but as Gill Wadsworth points out, it is far from a problem-free solution and not the only option worth considering
Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: should DC schemes focus on asset allocation rather than searching for skilled active managers?
UK - Legal & General is investigating entering the longevity swap market in the first quarter of 2010.
Legal & General has reported a 7% fall in new business over the first nine months of the year.