Trustees

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should move away from index-linked gilts and increase exposure to risk assets in order to plug deficits, according to research by Fathom Consulting.

Behavioural economics could help trustees avoid making mistakes that could ultimately put members at risk. Michael Klimes investigates

Defined benefit (DB) schemes cannot "survive bouts of market volatility" through liability hedging and a long-term investment horizon alone says Russell Investments.

Violent swings in markets discourage ordinary savers in defined contribution schemes according to PP research

Trustees of defined benefit (DB) schemes are failing to challenge their consultants on investment advice, according to research by SEI and IFF Research.

Women who are most vulnerable to changes in the state pension should not receive help from the government to make transitional arrangements according to PP research.

From hackers stealing information from Talk Talk to Anthem, Michael Klimes looks at how safe schemes are from cyber criminals

Schemes have been urged to take advantage of an obscure procedure to amend scheme rules easily after the High Court backed trustees seeking to ignore drafting errors in their trust deeds.

The Appeal Court in Scotland has struck down a challenge to pension fund rules which could have made administrating complex schemes more difficult.

Pension professionals believe the industry spends too much time dealing with problems that affect a small number of high earners, according to PP research.