Asset Allocation

In a presentation at last week's PMI Autumn Conference, Buck Consultants principal Marcus Hurd presented some ideas on trustee psychology.

Jonathan Stapleton looks at the implications for asset allocation

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has warned of a "worrying decrease" in the funding provisions within defined benefit schemes in the UK.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is set to probe the asset management industry in a review of the risks of bribery, corruption, sanctions and money laundering, according to law firm Dechert.

Joshua Hughes examines what options lie beyond the uncertain equity market

Pension Fund Service has launched a ‘pensions platform' which it says will allow schemes to share investment consultancy fees.

Sponsors will be forced to support schemes for the next five to ten years because the relationship between risk-free assets and inflation is "broken", UBS says.

UK defined benefit liabilities have stabilised for the fourth month in a row, according to a Xafinity Corporate Solutions model.

The Daily Mail and General Trust pension scheme is setting up its first in-house de-risking group - the Triggered Asset Switch Committee - in a bid to make speedier investment decisions and improve its funding ratio.

Equity allocations by UK schemes have dropped from 47% to 43%, with a further four in ten schemes intending to reduce their deomstic exposure more next year, Mercer research suggests.