02/02/2015
A reception at the UK Parliament hosted by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has heard how hedge funds can help pension funds to close the “pensions gap”.
01/30/2015
Pension providers are pouring cash into customer and adviser services ahead of the “April surge” when thousands of over-55s are expected to find out what they can do with their pensions.
01/29/2015
Many advisers have told us they are reviewing their central investment proposition to ensure they are well placed to support clients in retirement.
01/27/2015
Bulgaria’s government is set to reverse some of the controversial changes to the second-pillar pension system rushed into law at the end of 2014 after the Finance Ministry published a series of amendments on 23 January.
01/27/2015
Providers will be required to give relevant risk warnings
01/27/2015
Non-advised brokers have been barred entry to the Money Advice Service’s retirement adviser directory, leaving them at the mercy of pension scammers
01/26/2015
Sixteen of the UK’s largest pension funds have joined forces to ensure asset managers fulfil the promises they make regarding responsible investment
01/23/2015
Pension Funds to Build $757 Million Infrastructure Fund
01/22/2015
Applicants can set up their scheme in less than 30 minutes and it should be fully live within 24 hours.
01/21/2015
The RBWM said negotiations failed due to on-going discussions between Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire County Council.
01/16/2015
The allocation will be managed by Man FRM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Man Group
01/16/2015
The NAPF's consultation response also argues that if EIOPA's plans were to go ahead, they should apply to future accruals only and there should be a long transition period before any implementation, in order to mitigate the impact of the Holisti
01/16/2015
The launch of the Government's much-heralded pensioner bonds was in chaos yesterday when a sales hotline and website went into meltdown within minutes.
01/15/2015
British over-50s travel and insurance company Saga is forming a joint venture with Tilney Bestinvest, a UK-based investment and financial planning firm, as pension reforms put pressure on insurance companies to find new business.
01/15/2015
Denmark’s largest commercial pension fund PFA has ended uncertainty over its future leadership by appointing Nordea Asset Management chief executive Allan Polack to take the helm at the beginning of April.
01/15/2015
The Flexible Retirement Fund is a multi-asset solution aiming to generate Consumer Prices Index (CPI) +2% over the business cycle.
01/14/2015
The UK Pensions Regulator and government should allow defined contribution master trusts
01/12/2015
Last week Tesco hit the headlines as the last FTSE 100 company to announce plans to close its defined benefit pension scheme to new employees, as well as closing the scheme to its 200,000 existing UK employees.
01/12/2015
They’re already calling it Pensions Freedom Day.
01/12/2015
This update looks at employer insolvency risk, last man standing schemes and contingent assets, following the publication of the Pension Protection Fund's Levy Estimate for the 2015/16 levy year.