The Royal Mail has offered its scheme members an improved deal in pension scheme negotiations as the company looks to avoid strike action before its floatation on the stock market.

Investment consultants' recommendations are not driven by past performance, add no value to investors yet significantly impact inflows, academic research on the US market finds.

BlackRock has launched a new multi-asset strategy aiming to provide cash outperformance of 6% as competition heats up in the diversified growth fund (DGF) market.

A pensions liberation working committee will be set up "within weeks" to create best practice guidelines for trustees, Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) chair Margaret Snowdon says.

Taha Lokhandwala looks at what the Debt Management Office plans for government bonds

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has increased its allocated funds to social housing by purchasing £72m of bonds from Salford City Council.

Investors from across the globe are moving back to European equities after an upturn in economic fortunes, asset managers say.

The government is planning to take Royal Mail private in the coming weeks, but would schemes be rewarded for taking a stake in the business?

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says its collection of pension reforms will be enough to provide an adequate retirement for majority of those currently at working age.

John Lewis Partnership has seen an £87m increase in its defined benefit (DB) scheme deficit despite pumping in more than £50m, its interim results show.