Treasury

Rating agency Moody's has put government-backed UK rail infrastructure on negative watch - raising questions for pension schemes under pressure to invest in the country's transport network.

Schemes willing to get involved with the Treasury's infrastructure investment strategy are becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of detail on the plans.

HM Treasury has launched a consultation on its intention to authorise tax-transparent collective investment schemes, which could cut the withholding tax paid by UK schemes.

Realism trumps idealism in local government, according to Michael Bow

Labour pensions spokesman Gregg McClymont has warned Steve Webb lacks the "political weight" to drive through pension policy following the delay to auto-enrolment.

The Treasury is set to re-open its long dated syndicated gilt offering this month, laying out more than £8bn of government loans for direct purchase by pension funds.

Jonathan Stapleton's da Vinci experience

A US crackdown on tax-dodgers could leave British schemes with an "administrative and costly nightmare", a lawyer warns.

Unions and local government employers will meet early next week to kick off three months' of intense talks designed to produce a new Local Government Pension Scheme.

Ministers and pension scheme representatives are set to meet every fortnight over the next three months to plot a course to boost funding in UK infrastructure.