Taha Lokhandwala looks at the US stalemate and the potential long-term impact on asset prices

There is a low positive correlation between the average performance of European asset managers and net inflows into their funds, research from Fitch shows.

Heating and plumbing giant Wolseley has seen its UK defined benefit (DB) deficit fall 90% due to strong asset rises, as the scheme closes to future accrual.

A rise in corporate bond yields has wiped out marketing and publishing conglomerate St Ives' £20m deficit, its final results show.

Trustees of the Christopherson (FS) Pension Scheme have agreed a £55m buyout for its members with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

Pension funds' share holdings in the UK stock market has fallen to a record low of 4.7% in 2012, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows.

Trustees must be wary of compensation risk in divorce cases after a surge in the number of complaints to the Pensions Ombudsman (PO) about asset splits, a lawyer warns.

Taha Lokhandwala on what the Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain QE means for markets

Investment opportunities in the corporate debt space went unnoticed as markets were too focused on the Federal Reserve's tapering decision, M&G Investments says.

A former member of the Bank of England's (BoE) Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has dismissed the current strategy of forward guidance, saying it is not what the market wants.