Hannah Brenton finds EU derivatives rules could push schemes to begin clearing

The London Pensions Fund Authority has joined the list of founding investors in the Pensions Infrastructure Platform.

The £11.5bn Strathclyde pension fund is set to hire an in-house asset manager in a bid to "sharpen" its local investment portfolio.

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax to be introduced in eleven countries, without an exemption for pension funds.

The Pensions Regulator has launched a hard-hitting campaign to illustrate the threat pensions liberation can pose to people's pensions.

Hannah Brenton examines the forces at work on European high-yield.

The Pensions Regulator is investigating 21 pensions liberation cases, after the amount of money transferred through the scams doubled to £400m last year.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme's in-house investment manager, USSIM, has strengthened its private equity team with the appointment of Robin Filmer-Wilson.

The government has delayed plans to force schemes to equalise guaranteed minimum pensions until Spring 2014, pensions minister Steve Webb told lawyers last week.

Regulators have joined forces to raise awareness of pension liberation "predators" who target cash-strapped workers promising to release their pension as a loan or lump sum.