Investment

Community interest company Catalyst for Homes has launched a new property fund for pension schemes to invest in social and private housing.

Axa Real Estate has completed the £38m acquisition of two supermarkets for its newly-launched UK Long Lease Property fund.

The trustee of the Britvic Northern Ireland pension plan has appointed Buck Consultants to provide complete pension services.

The Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into the value for money of workplace defined contribution pensions schemes.

Taxpayers could be exposed to substantial losses from government guarantees on infrastructure projects designed to attract investors like pension funds, the National Audit Office warns.

HMV's pension scheme is likely to enter Pension Protection Fund assessment despite a scheme apportionment arrangement in 2011, after the company announced its intention to enter administration today.

Controlling funding status volatility has topped trustees' wish lists for 2013, according to an SEI poll.

The National Employment Savings Trust has invited tenders for products to achieve exposure to UK direct and global listed real estate.

Actuaries claim public sector workers will gain from the abolition of contracting out but unions contend it could derail public sector scheme reform.

Representatives from the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan and the Pension Protection Fund have travelled to Canada in a bid to secure more than $2bn (£1.2bn) from an international mediation.