The Lafarge pension plan has reduced its covenant risk by agreeing a programme of additional employer contributions tied to its sponsor’s financial performance from 2012

More than 40% of schemes will undergo a triennial actuarial valuation this year. Owen Walker assesses their main obstacles – and how to overcome them

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

The Habitat UK pension scheme used a past covenant agreement to see off immediate insolvency following the collapse of its sponsor, as Ian Smith discovers

Strathclyde Pension Fund has become the latest scheme to hire an SRI overlay provider to reduce risk. Owen Walker looks at its selection process

RCM's Adam Johnson argues an ESG investment approach can help schemes beat equity markets, despite a negative year for responsible investment

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)

Kodak’s filing for bankruptcy has left the UK scheme critically underfunded. Pippa Stephens looks at ways to minimise the risk of an overseas guarantor

Eversheds' Jeremy Goodwin and Kenneth Donaldson of Capita Hartshead discuss with Ian Smith how schemes can limit the cost of GMP equalisation (6:19)

Small schemes looking to derisk should ensure a high standard of data cleansing and carry out a mortality analysis to manage the costs involved, finds Pippa Stephens