Investment

Mirabaud Asset Management has launched a global high yield bond fund.

Institutional investors continue to diversify portfolios, tripling the number of global infrastructure mandates awarded over 2012, according to figures from Towers Watson.

The House of Lords has passed two amendments to the Public Service Pensions Bill which will secure equal representation for members and employers on scheme boards.

The aggregate deficit of UK private sector schemes has decreased by £33.5bn over January, research from the Pension Protection Fund shows.

Barclays Group deficit across all its schemes has increased by 550% over 2012 rising by £1.1bn to stand at £1.3bn, its final results have shown.

Axa Investment Management has revealed it will add environmental, social and governance assessments within its sovereign debt investment business.

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill will not require schemes to provide same-sex spouses with the same survivor benefits as heterosexual married couples.

The Actuarial Profession has revised down its life expectancy projections for older people after recording slower than expected improvements in mortality rates over the last decade.

Legal and General Investment Management has teamed up with PensionsFirst to develop an online monitoring and analytics platform for smaller schemes.

Companies must do more to link executive remuneration with long-term business performance, a report from Hermes Equity Ownership Services and the National Association of Pension Funds says.