Schemes are leading a global charge into hedge funds boosting sector size nearly 260% in the last decade, a global survey by Deutsche Bank reveals.

Pension schemes have flooded £250m into long-dated affordable housing bonds in a further sign of scheme appetite for local housing initiatives.

Fund managers display no greater investment skill investing in businesses from their own industry than those from other sectors, a study finds.

British Airways will tell pensioners this month if it intends to pay "discretionary" increases above CPI inflation after a statutory increase showed just a 40bps difference in prices.

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Pension schemes have flooded £250m into long dated affordable housing bonds in a further sign of scheme appetite for local housing initiatives.

Interest rate and inflation hedging by pension schemes shot up last quarter as more funds switched between hedging instruments to take advantage of falling inflation.

Aberdeen Asset Management has renamed its £24bn alternatives business as Aberdeen Solutions to better encompass its multi-asset offering.

Charges on a government-backed pooled UK infrastructure vehicle owned and run by UK pension funds will be capped at 0.5%, the Treasury infrastructure policy chief confirms.

Emerging market equities and foreign currency nominated corporate debt will offer the best value as asset classes over the next year, Ashmore Investment Management predicts.