Here they are. The shortlists for the inaugural Professional Pensions Investment Awards (PPIA).

What should top your agenda this year?

There are now only a few weeks left to register for the PP Trustee Masterclass 2014, which will be be held in London on 30 September.

There are now only a few weeks left to register for the PP Defined Contribution Conference 2014, which will be be held in London on 17 September.

The Institutional Investor Committee (IIC) - a group of trade associations that represent institutional investors - is to be disbanded following the merger between the Investment Management Association and the Association of British Insurer's investment...

The Investment Management Association will launch a consultation into industry standards for how asset management firms disclose portfolio turnover rates and costs as early as next month, PP can reveal.

LCP research finds employers are looking for different ways to plug deficits

A shift towards collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes is "unlikely" as the trend towards defined contribution (DC) plans continues, LCP says.

An increasing number of FTSE100 firms are seeking alternatives to straight cash funding, with 38 FTSE100 companies disclosing some form of security arrangements in their 2013 accounts, LCP research finds.

If all the FTSE100 companies still using the RPI inflation measure in their pension schemes were to move to using RPIJ, the combined pension deficit could fall by up to £20bn, LCP says.