Towers Watson

The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has secured a further £100m of liabilities after signing a second buy-in deal with Lucida.

UK - The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has secured a further £100m (US$149.9m) of liabilities after signing a second buy-in deal with Lucida.

The development of the fixed-term annuity market has done much to offer a half-way option between the security of lifetime annuities and the flexibility of income drawdown. Helen Morrissey assesses the prospects for this market

Institutional investors should search existing and new market opportunities to build more diversified portfolios, Towers Watson says.

GLOBAL - Institutional investors should search existing and new market opportunities to build more diversified portfolios, Towers Watson said.

The middle ground in corporate pension consulting looks set to disappear with larger organisations and niche firms taking the lead, Bluefin predicts.

UK - The middle ground in corporate pension consulting looks set to disappear with larger organisations and niche firms taking the lead, Bluefin predicted.

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: How welcome are government proposals regarding the charging structure for NEST?

The panellists discuss advantages of collective DC arrangements and the challenges preventing UK growth

Sebastian Cheek reports on how investment strategy design is changing to react to the rapid expansion of the DC asset pool