TRUSTEES of the InterContinental Hotels UK Pension Plan have appointed Hewitt Associates as investment advisers.

US - The new chief investment officer at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) has revealed plans to boost the fund's allocation in alternative assets to 30%.

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PENSIONS are boring Britons into a poor retirement, research by JLT Benefit Solutions warns.

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UK - Barings has been appointed by United Co-operatives to manage a £11.3 million diversified growth mandate for the Yorkshire Co-operatives Employees Pension Fund.

UK - Using unclaimed pension assets to boost the pensions of those who lost out when their companies went bust could be a legal and administrative minefield, according to an interim report from senior government actuary Andrew Young.

UK - Goldman Sachs has dismissed claims its new pension buyout business has found its first target.

THE Yorkshire Co-operatives Employees Pension Fund has hired Baring Asset Management to run a £11.3m diversified growth brief.

UK - Watson Wyatt has lost Andre du Plessis, a senior investment consultant involved with research and business development covering UK and Europe for the firm.