Latest articles from David Rowley

Title: Timber firm chisels route into UK market

One of the world’s biggest managers of timber investments has gained its first UK pension fund client.

DGFs setting the standard for DC defaults

Mannion, Graham

Though it has long been presumed a 100% equities portfolio for defined contribution (DC) pots was a bad idea – now data are proving this to be the case

NAPF proposes enhanced rights for long-term investors

Moves to give enhanced rights for pension funds who hold long-term investments are being considered by Lindsay Tomlinson, chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds

ITS battle for £52m pension money continues in High Court

Independent Trustee Services (ITS) has won one High Court battle and lost another in a bid to get £52m of pension fund money returned

Pensions Trust struggles with RPI/CPI dilemma

Ambiguity on the use of retail and consumer price inflation (RPI/CPI) has left The Pensions Trust with a legal and administrative headache.

Councils turn to hedge funds following falling funding position

Local government pension schemes (LGPS) are preparing a seismic shift into fund-of-hedge funds as a way of diversifying their sources of return

The Japanese equities dilemma

The fortune of Japanese equities has many similarities to the pop star David Bowie. An emerging star in the 1960s, a stellar performance in the 1970s and 1980s, but largely a string of disappointments since then. To many people, a comeback is unlikely

Nest charging structure will compete with all but the biggest schemes

Nest has unveiled a charging structure for members that will compete with all but the largest occupational pension schemes in value for money

BBC to roll out DC scheme with Friends

The BBC has appointed Friends Provident to run a defined contribution (DC) scheme for both new employees and fixed-term workers

Mercer gains 100th implemented consulting client

Mercer has reached more than 100 implemented consulting clients in UK and Ireland this month