JLT Benefit Solutions has launched an expanded annuity service for trustees.

US - Most pension liabilities of US media and entertainment companies should remain modest in size relative to cash flows, despite Fitch Ratings' analysis predicting that companies should face weaker under-funded status heading into next year.

IRELAND - Irish pension managed funds had a return of -8.5% for the month of October, according to Hewitt Associates.

Liability driven investment (LDI) may rapidly be approaching mainstream in Europe, but the same cannot yet be said of the US. Andrew Sheen reports

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Investors must diversify their allocations within their private equity portfolio to maximise the chances of generating consistent long-term returns, Watson Wyatt warns.

TAXPAYERS could be forced to meet up to three-quarters of any shortfall in the British Telecom Pension Scheme should it wind-up, an independent consultant warns.

The Confederation of British Industry has backed calls for an independent review into public sector pension funding arrangements.

Bath and North-East Somerset Council is looking to appoint an investment consultant to the Avon Pension Fund.

Pension Corporation has appointed Louise Inward to act as general counsel.