Infrastructure the bedrock for DB growth
Infrastructure provides the long-term returns badly needed by schemes suffering from a low yield environment, argues Gravis Capital Partners' Rollo Wright in the latest Investment Blueprint
Four steps to good DC governance
Video: The IMA's Jonathan Lipkin discusses the principles of DC investment governance with Pippa Stephens and how scheme managers can avoid scaring members (4:41)
Whitbread minimises AE staff education
With auto-enrolment looming, Pippa Stephens looks at Costa Coffee owner Whitbread's unorthodox approach to member engagement
Schemes manage rate risk with asset-backed securities
M&G’s Bernard Abrahamsen argues that the long-term interest rate hedge of asset-backed securities makes it worth forgetting their sub-prime history, in this week’s Investment Blueprint
sX Review: Educating members to save
Video: Secondsight's Darren Laverty and Jamie Fiveash of The People's Pension discuss with Ian Smith the best approach to financial education (6:20)
Countdown to manage PPF levy changes
The PPF's Chris Collins sets out the main changes to its annual levy and how schemes need to prepare ahead of next month's deadline
Large-cap UK equities target long-term gains
OMAM's Simon Murphy explores whether schemes can rely on UK large-cap equities to improve their funding position this year, after a rocky 2011
How Strathclyde allocated £100k SRI mandate
Strathclyde Pension Fund has become the latest scheme to hire an SRI overlay provider to reduce risk. Owen Walker looks at its selection process
How an ESG approach can predict market risks
RCM's Adam Johnson argues an ESG investment approach can help schemes beat equity markets, despite a negative year for responsible investment
Webb on AE challenges for medium schemes
Video: Pensions minister Steve Webb discusses with Ian Smith the auto-enrolment delays and what should be top of the agenda for medium-sized employers (5:39)