Trustees should be allowed to raise gilt yield assumptions to cope with the impact of quantitative easing, the National Association of Pension Funds has urged.
Editorial: Conference highlights
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October 22, 2012
The most memorable moments from the NAPF annual conference last week (as recalled by PW staff).
Confusion over Solvency II reach
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October 22, 2012
The UK pensions industry has been left baffled as to whether new European solvency rules will be compulsory or supervisory.
EU regulator allays Solvency II fears
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October 17, 2012
Solvency II rules will not apply to UK pension funds delegates were repeatedly told by the body that advises the European Commission.
Record numbers attend NAPF conference
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October 17, 2012
Delegates eager to hear of developments on Solvency II and auto-enrolment has led to a record number attending the National Association of Pension Fund's annual conference.
Video: the correlation averse multi-asset fund
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October 16, 2012
Christian Goldsmith, investment specialist at BNP Paribas Investment Partners explains the focus given to avoiding correlation of assets in his firms' ETF driven dynamic asset allocation fund
Investment intelligence: How confident are you about fulfilling your fund’s obligations?
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October 15, 2012
This is a pretty forward question to ask those whose fiduciary duties oblige them to meet the terms of section 67 of the Pensions Act 1995.
Pirelli’s first fiduciary year ends uncertainty
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October 15, 2012
The chair of trustees at the Pirelli UK pension scheme claims hedging strategies that have curbed funding volatility will help its sponsor’s share price.
Editorial: May the force be with you
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October 15, 2012
The profile of finance directors in the pensions press over the years has been akin to Darth Vader; a towering all-seeing figure who kills off defined benefit schemes without emotion.
Scheme mismanaged for five years
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October 13, 2012
Senior lawyers have expressed amazement at the failure of whisteblowers in what the Regulator has described as a “most worrying example of scheme mismanagement”.