Budget 2015: Alongside Wednesday’s Budget, the government will launch a consultation on the viability of a secondary market to allow pensioners to cash in their annuities, but questions remain over who would buy them. 

NAPF Investment Conference 2015: Personalising communication is critical to achieving meaningful member engagement, said the chief of Australian super Qantas, after it gained a one in four response from an innovative campaign. 

The contractual relationship between trustees and their asset managers will come into focus in a new guide to investment management agreements, being launched by the National Association of Pension Funds tomorrow.

The industry has given a mixed response to the Pensions Regulator’s decision not to publish a list of auto-enrolment schemes available to smaller employers, with some suggesting it could do more.

Twenty defined contribution pension schemes administered by Aon Hewitt have seen delays to their members’ derisking strategies, leaving them exposed to risk assets for up to four years longer than intended.

Competition is growing in the defined benefit mastertrust market as providers promise the benefits of scale, but experts have urged employers to be mindful about the risks of these structures.

European pension funds moved deeper into alternative investments last year as they sought fresh avenues of returns and liability matching in tricky market conditions.

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform recently announced its plan to launch a renewables fund separate from its existing offering, but what could this focus on infra's sub-asset classes signal for UK pension funds?

Any other business: Young people's participation in pension schemes is on the up, thanks largely to auto-enrolment, challenging their managers to plug into the needs of their changing membership profiles.