Investment

Steve Dainty tells Naomi Rainey how he brought together the Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire schemes

The FTSE 100 rose 6.43% or 379.07 points in January, making this the strongest start to a year since 1989.

The £1.2bn Cornwall Council Pension Fund has appointed Invesco Perpetual to manage its £50m diversified grown mandate.

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F&C Asset Management revealed net outflows of £4.9bn in the last quarter of 2012, as the investment house struggles to regain momentum under activist investor Edward Bramson.

Diageo is to make a one-off £400m contribution to its pension scheme in order to help make good a billion pound plus deficit, its interim results have shown.

The Pensions Regulator chairman Michael O'Higgins has urged trustees to consider equity and infrastructure investment in a bid to avoid "reckless prudence" in investment strategies.

Quantitative easing has cost defined benefit schemes £90bn but smoothing may be "too little, too late", the National Association of Pension Funds warns.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames pension fund has hired Aon Hewitt as its investment consultant ahead of a review of the fund's investment strategy and asset allocation.

State Street Global Advisors has unveiled fresh details of its drive to increase its share of the UK defined contribution market, including a move towards direct transactions with employers and trustees.