Investment

Pension fund have increased allocations to alternatives over the last year and now have more than $1.3trn (£870m) invested with the biggest alternative asset managers, says Towers Watson.

The average annual pension contribution received by executives of FTSE100 companies has risen from £225,000 to £242,000 since 2011, according to research from LCP.

Renold has merged its three defined benefit (DB) schemes and conducted a liability transfer exercise in a move to reduce its funding costs.

Around two thirds of pension fund managers believe that developing nations offer the biggest equity gains over the next 10 years, according to Barings.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has picked Legal & General Investment Management to run two real estate mandates.

Gatemore Capital Management's Mark Hodgson on what trustees should look out for

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has confirmed the significant impact imposing a stringent solvency regime on European pension schemes would have.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is braced to take on the UK Coal pension scheme as its sponsoring employer is poised to file for insolvency.

FTSE350 companies' defined benefit (DB) deficits fell as bond yields rose on hints of an end to quantitative easing (QE), research from Mercer shows.

Charlotte Moore looks at the trend towards indeces formed using alternative criteria