United Kingdom

UK - The Wedgwood Museum could see its historic collection of antique pottery sold off by the Pension Protection Fund in a bid to pay off a £134m ($213.5m) scheme liability, an MP warns.

UK - Balanced pooled funds have bounced back in Q3 with a positive return of 9.4%, research by BNY Mellon reveals.

UK/AUSTRALIA - Asset managers working with the A$15.5bn ($15bn) HESTA Super Fund should prepare for yearly inquiries about their policies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments.

UK - Gilt yields have spiked strongly after the UK recorded twice the expected growth in the third quarter.

UK - Employers will be allowed three months' grace before auto-enrolling staff into a pension scheme, the Department for Work and Pensions says.

UK - Pensions minister Steve Webb has admitted as many as one million additional people would be excluded from automatic enrolment should be the qualifying level of earnings be raised to £7,000.

UK - Coalition plans to introduce a universal state pension of £140 a week need serious investigation to assess whether they are fair and affordable, the Labour Party warns.

UK/CANADA - The property arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has joined forces with the British Land Company to develop a £340m ($534m) City of London office block.

UK - The shift to CPI indexation could cut scheme liabilities by 3% but may not result in a one-off profit windfall for firms, an accounting task force has proposed.

UK - The government has lost its long running court battle over its obligations to fund the BT Pension Scheme deficit should it go bust.