Opinion

The government has confirmed plans to link private sector pension increases to CPI rather than RPI.

It is already the driest UK summer on record. In financial markets, liquidity also seems to have drained away.

The BBC's plan to close its defined benefit pension scheme to new members and cap the pensionable salary of active members makes it the first major public sector scheme to seriously grapple with its pensions costs.

Ministers must often feel as if, no matter what they do, they end up pleasing no-one.

The Pensions Regulator's decision to finally enforce its moral hazard powers - through a £5m contribution notice to the Bonas Group Pension Scheme - got me thinking about Daddy Longlegs. Apparently, the bumbling Longlegs has the most powerful venom in...

Good news for investors bullish about emerging markets, and China in particular.

The industry collectively breathed a sigh of relief when the youngest Chancellor in more than a century told the House of Commons he would work with them to avoid taking the red road towards curbing pension tax relief for high earners.

The establishment of an independent commission to undertake a "fundamental structural review" of public service pension provision is long overdue.

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Investment Management Association's chairman's dinner.

Public sector pension costs and liabilities are under intense scrutiny once again as the government gears up for its emergency Budget on June 22.