Investment

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.

Hannah Brenton investigates the implications of US pension funds’ disinvestment from gun manufacturers

Charlotte Moore looks at the the challenges and opportunities of investing in the US.

UK schemes have been warned not to distort asset allocations to meet cash flow pressure from currency hedging strategies, after the pound suffered a weak January.