As we stare down the barrel of an age of financial austerity, I have been frantically searching for something positive to focus on. And, as luck would have it, I think I may have found it.

The last time I submitted a report for Professional Pensions it was on the issue of fixed income, and the fact a dyedin- the-wool bond man I knew said he would advocate that any pension fund in serious deficit should put everything into equities, as the...

This is the first time in I don't know how many years that I have not gone up to Edinburgh for the NAPF conference. And I have to say I am going to miss it.

As coming of ages go, defined contribution has had one of the longest ever. The retirement vehicle has had, to say the least, a protracted and troubled adolescence as trustees and employers have largely focused on the risk posed by legacy defined benefit...

Rick Di Mascio, chairman of the T-charter has announced he will not be putting himself up for re-election.

UK - Rick Di Mascio, chairman of the T-charter has announced he will not be putting himself up for re-election.

Chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to delay the introduction of personal accounts for a year as part of spending cuts in today's Pre-Budget Report.

UK/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Fund managers have sought to downplay the potential fallout from the Dubai debt crisis on both their holdings and the global economic recovery.

Just as I was becoming jaded by the number of companies trying to drum up free publicity by releasing surveys or figures pointing to the drawn out death of defined benefit pensions, along came refreshing research from Hewitt, which showed most companies...

I had the good fortune to be talking to my friend Con Keating, of BrightonRock fame, this week.