Barclays

Andrew Short asks if plans to get additional investment in infrastructure, announced in George Osborne's autumn statement, will be attractive to UK pension schemes or a bridge too far?

Andrew Short considers the value of absolute return bond funds in overcoming the low returns caused by a stagnating economy

Schemes looking to maximise returns in a low interest rate environment must work closely with investment banks to boost member outcomes, Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond says.

Timothy B. Barrett, Donald Pierce, James Perry and Arun Muralidhar look at the structure of dynamic beta management and its implications

Industry cannot afford to fail members, Jonathan Stapleton says

Andrew Short looks at how pension funds can get involved in infrastructure investment

US - Shareholders led by an Illinois pension fund have received $89.4m from Del Monte and Barclays Capital after being cashed out of a private equity buyout deal.

Plunging gilt yields currently rocking scheme funding levels could accelerate the number of final salary schemes shutting down to existing members, a pension analyst predicts.

UK - Barclays saw its pre-tax profits fall by a third during the first half of the year, with PPI claims and reduced bond trading activity hitting earnings.

Barclays has seen its UK pension scheme deficit drop by more than half in the last six months to £1.2bn.