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The only way to reduce UK public debt to pre-crisis levels is to increase state pension age to 70 by 2046 and implement a further £20bn of spending cuts, PwC says.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the recent AIMA guidelines are designed to improve governance in the hedge fund industry

The revised IAS19 standard is set to shake-up the pensions industry and close the gap in accounting between the US and Europe, as Helen Morrissey reports

The first pension buy-in transaction in the US took place recently, sparking renewed interest in the strategy. Chris Panteli asks how the market might develop from here

Almost one third of the UK's largest companies are planning to use expensive and ill-suited pension provision to comply with employer duties, according to Hymans Robertson.

Employment laws prevent job creation, say sole traders

The introduction of employer duties is seen as the top barrier to sole traders taking on their first member of staff, a survey finds.

None of the Global Pensions 100 Panel has a climate change policy in place for hiring new managers.

More than three quarters of the Global Pensions 100 Panel have no intention of reducing their equity exposure as a result of recent changes to International Accounting Standards.

Battle is joined over public sector pensions; First public sector strikes have ‘minimal impact'; Britain's pensioners are increasing; Biggest school strikes since 1980s as doubts grow on pension reform