Investment

Guinness Peat Group (GPG) has agreed to double payments to its main scheme as The Pensions Regulator (TPR) continues to investigate whether to force the company to increase contributions.

Swallowfield has appointed Punter Southall to provide actuarial, investment and administration services for its Aerosols International Limited Pension Plan (AILPP).

Legal & General property has begun developing a building acquired by the business in 2009 by adding 25,000 sq foot of office space.

Almost half the respondents to this week's Pensions Buzz think the bumper profits reported by several asset management firms this month should feed into lower fees for investors.

John Lewis has seen its pension liabilities increase by £7m after uncovering mistakes in the way it had calculated holiday pay.

Engineering firm Costain's defined benefit (DB) scheme deficit has reduced following risk reduction exercises and in spite of 2012's plummeting discount rates, its interim results show.

W&G Investments, the company backed by several industry investment houses, has been listed as it looks to bid for 315 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branches.

BP has agreed to make more than £1.4bn of additional contributions to its pension schemes over the next five years in a bid to wipe out its deficit by 2017.

Royal Mail and Post Office workers part of the Unite union have overwhelmingly voted against a planned cap on pensionable pay increases.

Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire County Councils are considering merging their Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds.