Pensions

After a volatile 2015, Peter Saacke considers the prospects for a (smooth) recovery in 2016.

Paul Casson, the manager of the Artemis Pan-European Absolute Return Fund, expects to benefit from a (patchy) recovery in Europe and more profit warnings in 2016.

In 2016, Cormac Weldon expects the economy in the US to favour selected smaller companies in housing, airlines and technology.

Most investors are better off than they were 12 months ago despite the summer’s volatility. Will next year bring the (delayed) global slowdown? Artemis’ senior partner weighs up the factors.

The fastest growers in the Artemis Global Select Fund this year were also the largest companies, Amazon and Nike. Simon is looking to buy more like them in 2016.

With just 3 per cent of employers reaching their auto-enrolment staging date so far, next year will see a deluge of small businesses talking about employee benefits for the first time. So...

Transparency issues have become even more prominent since the controversial departure of Investment Association head Daniel Godfrey. John Greenwood reports According to the FT’s personal finance editor, Claer Barrett, Daniel Godfrey’s crime...

The Government’s ‘aggressive timetable’ for the pooling of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investments demands ‘heroic efforts’ of authorities, which should not rush into infrastructure investments that are currently too expensive say...

The Chancellor’s auto-enrolment contribution increase delay points to the end of the system of tax relief on pensions as we know it says the Association of Consulting Actuaries. ACA says the decision...

Increases in auto-enrolment contributions have been pushed back by six months, meaning the full combined 8 per cent of contributions will not be mandatory until April 2019. The move was outlined in...