Latest articles from Katie Morley

Generation-Y does not have sufficient pension plans

Smart, Sarah

Over two thirds of under-35s have no plans to save for a pension, Aviva research reveals.

Pension funds should consider BSkyB investment in Murdoch vote – Bryant

Murdoch, James

An MP has written to pension funds claiming they could lose money on their BSkyB shares if James Murdoch remains chairman of company.

InDepth interview: Dame Anne Begg

Begg, Anne

Dame Anne Begg is chair of the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) Select Committee and flies the flag for greater UK social equality. She tells Katie Morley why strikes are positive and of her concerns the government’s contradicting itself over public sector pensions.

Webb 'pessimistic' on MPs pension reform

Steve Webb fears bad blood between MPs and their pensions watchdog means they face a hit to contributions and accrual rates next year.

BT funnels cash into infrastructure

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BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) will pour an extra £300 million into infrastructure projects, its trustee director has revealed.

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There has been a lot of publicity on the negative impact of fees on pension funds - particularly DC pots. What constitutes an excessive fee?

Small schemes move to daily monitoring

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Recent market volatility has sparked small and medium sized schemes’ trustees to adopt short-term portfolio management strategies involving the daily monitoring of funds

Corporate governance laws just need ministers' signature – Leslie

A white paper outlining legislation telling shareholders how many below-board members earn more than £1m a year is hanging on Vince Cable’s signature, Labour has claimed.

Billions in line for volatility-reducing indices

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Seven multi-billion-pound UK pension funds are seeking to derisk their equity portfolios by reallocating up to 100% in newly created non-market capitalisation FTSE indices.

Apathy over colossal governance failures

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Pension funds are “alarmingly relaxed” about just 2% of FTSE 350 firms having been compliant with the Financial Reporting Council’s combined code over the past decade.