Investment

Smart Pension has come out in support of the mandation clause of the Pension Schemes Bill in its current form, as the legislation returns to the Commons for a final vote on...

The rollout of targeted support can be a significant driving factor in closing the current financial advice gap in the UK, according to Matt Collins, a legal director at Vanguard. Having gone...

The liquidity funds of Legal & General Asset Management have been made available on the Calastone Tokenised Distribution Network. The CTD Network was built to connect traditional fund products with digital distribution...

Workplace pension scheme Nest has appointed Crescent Capital Group in a £450 million deal to manage an open-ended mandate investing in secured, first-priority loans to private companies. The investment is part of...

The Iran conflict, which escalated in the second half of Q1, triggered a 22.5 per cent quarter by quarter decline in deal value and a 12.4 per cent drop in deal count...

Newly introduced rules by the US Department of Labour look to clarify fiduciary standards and safe harbour obligations for investments into alternatives by DC pension schemes in the US. The rules follow...

The investment subsidiary of Universities Superannuation Scheme has acquired a majority stake in Venn, an investment manager of private credit strategies within the UK residential sector. USS is the UK’s largest private...

Pension schemes using the Mobius platform will now be able to access UK-based venture capital through a new fund, designed to support Mansion House objectives. The platform has added the British Co-Investment...

European Long-Term Investment Funds are a growing sector and now contain €10bn (£8.7bn) in assets, according to research by Morningstar. Since January 2026, Morningstar analysts have conducted 46 interviews with asset managers...

At a recent Pensions UK conference, a speech by pensions minister Torsten Bell referenced the Ontario Teacher Pension Plan’s investments in venture capital leading to 30.2 per cent returns in 2025, raising...