Solvency II will require an annual profit and loss attribution. Radu Popescu explores whether insurers can learn from investment bankers, who faced a similar requirement
Faisal Zai explains how long-term memory methods can better explain extended periods of market depression compared with the standard econometric methods commonly in use today
The surprise decision not to change how the Retail Price Index inflation measure is calculated could have added up to £20bn to the pension deficits of the UK's leading 350 companies, Mercer claimed yesterday.
The National Statistician has decided against a change in the way inflation is calculated that could have reduced some pensioner incomes by thousands of pounds.
The stock market gains resulting from this weeks fiscal cliff deal came too late to improve defined benefit pension scheme funding positions in companys annual accounts but show how market volatility can present opportunities for schemes, Towers Watson said yesterday.
Pension scheme investment managers expect the advent of pensions auto-enrolment to lead to the adoption of more risk-averse investment strategies, according to research published this week by Baring Asset Management.
Cuts to pension tax relief allowances announced in yesterdays Autumn Statement could work against government efforts to encourage more people to save for their retirement, industry figures and business leaders have warned.