Investment

IFM Investors — the private markets investment manager owned by a number of Australian pension funds —  has appointed Rekha Misra to be its global head of product strategy and innovation. Misra...

The UK Government has pledged almost £500m of climate finance aid to developing countries at the 'Finance Day' at COP28 today. It says this is part of a wider £1.6bn climate aid...

Despite the improved funding positions, more than one in three (35 per cent) DB schemes have yet to finalise their endgame objective, according to the latest industry survey from Russell Investments. Its...

Just 4.2 per cent of listed UK shares are owned by pension and insurance funds— the lowest proportion on record according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.  The proportion...

The controversial issue of whether defined contribution (DC) pensions schemes should embrace the 2 and 20 performance fee structures common in the world of private equity was a key area of debate...

Aon has appointed Geoff Bauer to be a partner in its investment team. In his new role, Bauer will advise trustees and corporate sponsors of UK defined benefit plans with a focus...

The controversial issue of whether defined contribution (DC) pensions schemes should embrace the 2 and 20 performance fee structures common in the world of private equity was a key area of debate...

I am a fan of adding private assets to DC default portfolios. My enthusiasm is based upon evidence from other institutional investors that broadening the asset classes in which they invest is...

Now: Pensions will for the first time offer a range of additional investment options alongside its default fund. These will be available to members from summer 2024 and are designed to offer...

Falling levels of home ownership are opening a fault line under the retirement income security of more than a million pensioner households with the proportion in private rented housing set to triple,...