UK pension

We have known for a long time that pension funds place a large domestic weight on their equity allocations, relative to what Modern Portfolio Theory—which encourages diversification of assets to lower investment risks—might suggest. But when we measured...

Roger Gray says schemes must consider the benefits of investing in alternative assets.

Recommendations encouraging pension funds to vote against companies failing to act on climate change have been published by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).

Just weeks until EU variation margin rules come into force for physical FX forwards, regulators have said schemes will probably not have to comply after all. This creates a lot of uncertainty, writes Stephanie Baxter